Dante and Virgile | William Bouguereau | 1850 19th Century The contrast between innocence and

The contrast between innocence and the ever-present figure of Death gives the scene its unsettling power

muted colors and the stark

The woman's reflection

Perhaps Schenck's most famous painting

The surrounding elements

Dante and Virgile | William Bouguereau | 1850 19th Century The contrast between innocence andDante and Virgil is an 1850 oil on canvas painting by the French academic painter William Adolphe Bouguereau. It is on display at the Muse d'Orsay in Paris. The painting depicts a scene from Dante's Divine Comedy, which narrates a journey through Hell by Dante and his guide Virgil. In the scene the author and his guide are looking on as two damned souls are entwined in eternal combat. One of the souls is an alchemist and heretic named Capocchio. He is