Anselm Feuerbach
(1829-1880)
Paolo und Francesca,
1864
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
137 x 99,5 cm
Displayed
Sammlung Schack Saal 15
Acquisition
1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
Anselm Feuerbach, Paolo und Francesca, 1864, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/bwx0BDqGm8 (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
A shared interest in Italian literature formed the basis of Schack’s association with Feuerbach. The subject of this painting comes from Dante’s Divine Comedy, where, in Canto V of Inferno, Francesca da Rimini and her brother-in-law Paolo Malatesta tell the story of their illicit passion. Feuerbach shows them falling in love while they read the story of the adulterous knight Lancelot.
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