Paolo and Francesca (Rodin)
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Paolo and Francesca is a sculptural group by Auguste Rodin, showing Paolo and Francesca da Rimini, damned lovers from Canto V of Dante's The Divine Comedy.[1]
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Artist | Auguste Rodin |
Year | 1885 |
Medium | Bronze |
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The couple appeared in several of Rodin's initial drawings between 1880 and 1881 for The Gates of Hell. In the first version he placed them in the centre, in a work that later appeared on its own as The Kiss. This piece was removed from Gates by the artist in 1886 and replaced by a new version, closer to the description of the lovers in Dante's text.[2]
- (in Spanish) Museo Soumaya, Fundación Carlos Slim (2016). La puerta del Infierno. ISBN 978-607-7805-18-2.
- Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette (2006). Rodin The Gates of Hell. p. 42,43. ISBN 978-2-901428-69-5.
- Media related to Paolo and Francesca by Auguste Rodin at Wikimedia Commons