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Etching of two robed figures on a frozen plain looking down at a head rising from the ice, with half-buried bodies and a dark streaked sky.

The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate

An etching by William Blake shows two robed figures standing on the left above a frozen plain, looking down at a head thrusting up from the ice at center. Half-buried, writhing bodies fill the foreground, while a dark, streaked sky and a rocky cliff with faces rise at right.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1827
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 3024 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1827; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Español: El círculo de los traidores; el pie de Dante golpeando a Bocca degli Abbate

Un grabado de William Blake muestra a dos figuras con túnicas de pie a la izquierda, sobre una llanura helada, mirando una cabeza que emerge del hielo en el centro. En primer plano, cuerpos semienterrados se retuercen, mientras un cielo oscuro y un acantilado rocoso con rostros se alzan a la derecha.

Português: O Círculo dos Traidores; o pé de Dante atingindo Bocca degli Abbate

Uma gravura de William Blake mostra duas figuras com mantos de pé à esquerda, sobre uma planície congelada, olhando para uma cabeça que surge do gelo no centro. Em primeiro plano, corpos semienterrados se contorcem, enquanto um céu escuro e um penhasco rochoso com rostos se erguem à direita.

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