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Etching of two robed figures riding a scaly serpent-bodied monster with a bearded human face and clawed arms, against a cloudy background.

Virgil and Dante sitting on the back of Geryon to be transported from the 8th to the 7th circle of Hell. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

An etching showing two robed figures seated on the back of a scaly, serpentine monster with a bearded human face and clawed arms, set against clouds. The fine parallel hatching gives the coiling body and drapery depth and texture in a monochrome print.

Artist
Bartolomeo Pinelli
Date
1825
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3123 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1825.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Virgilio y Dante sobre Gerión en el Infierno, grabado de Pinelli, 1825

Un aguafuerte que muestra dos figuras con túnicas sentadas sobre el lomo de un monstruo escamoso de cuerpo serpentino, con rostro humano barbado y brazos con garras, sobre un fondo de nubes. El trazado fino y paralelo da profundidad y textura al cuerpo enroscado y a los pliegues de la tela.

Português: Virgílio e Dante sobre Gerião no Inferno, gravura de Pinelli, 1825

Uma gravura em água-forte que mostra duas figuras de mantos sentadas sobre o dorso de um monstro escamoso de corpo serpentino, com rosto humano barbado e braços com garras, diante de um fundo de nuvens. As hachuras finas e paralelas dão profundidade e textura ao corpo enroscado e às dobras das vestes.

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