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Summary
William Dyce : Francesca da Rimini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q2095630
Details on Google Art Project |
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Title |
Francesca da Rimini
title QS:P1476,en:"Francesca da Rimini"
label QS:Len,"Francesca da Rimini"
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Description |
Dyce acknowledged this as one of the finest paintings he produced in
Edinburgh
. Its subject was inspired by the ill-fated lovers described by
Dante
in his epic poem
The Inferno
. Francesca, married to an elderly and deformed husband
Gianciotto
, read to his younger brother Paolo and they fell in love. Gianciotto surprised the lovers and murdered them. He was originally included in Dyce's composition. A hint of the tragic outcome is still suggested dramatically by the presence of Gianciotto's disembodied
hand
at the left, a fortuitous result of the canvas trimmed to remove damage in 1882.
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Depicted people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1837
date QS:P571,+1837-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 1,420 mm (55.90 in); width: 1,760 mm (69.29 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,1420U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,1760U174789
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q942713
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Current location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
NG 460
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Exhibition history |
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Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | bQEam7xDPHXTww at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level |
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