(Dante et Virgile aux Enfers)
In a boat, steered by Charon across the river Styx, Virgil,
laurel-crowned and dressed in a red cloak, holds with his right
hand the left hand of Dante, who, in a blue cloak with a red
hood, raises his right arm in a gesture of horror at the sight
of the Damned, who, half-buried in the turbulent waters, cling
despairingly to the sides of the boat. In the background are seen
the towers of the burning city of Dite.
Signed:—“EUGÈNE DELACROIX.”
Painted in oil on canvas.