The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil | Ary Scheffer | 1855 Size:A3 Landscape The mother sheep is standing

The mother sheep is standing over the dead body of her lamb

fantastical landscape

capturing the moment with dramatic lighting and emotive detail

brandishing his sword as the pale ghosts of his victims rise around him

or unstoppable historical forces

The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil | Ary Scheffer | 1855 Size:A3 Landscape The mother sheep is standingFrancesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appraised by Dante and Virgil (and several variant titles) is a composition painted in at least six very similar versions by Ary Scheffer between 1822 and 1855; all are in oils on canvas. The paintings show a scene from Dante's Inferno, of Dante and Virgil in the shadows to the right viewing the murdered lovers Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta in Hell. It "could be described as Scheffer's best work". The