Art, Symbol & Imagination
Beatrice among the flower-bearing angels
A crowned woman sits among winged figures carrying flowers against a pale open background. The caption describes a woman beneath a green mantle and a robe the colour of living flame. The text places her appearance within an angelic shower of flowers, awakening Dante's old affection while Virgil departs. Doré gathers the wings and garlands tightly around the central woman, making her arrival the focus. Because this is a monochrome impression, the textual clothing colours are explained in the note rather than falsely described as visibly painted into the plate.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Beatrice among the flower-bearing angels" [editorial title]. In Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante, Dante Alighieri; translated by Henry Francis Cary; illustrated by Gustave Doré. New edition, 1901, 1901, Thompson & Thomas. Source scan leaf 180. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/dante-dore-179
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full plate and printed caption individually viewed. Matching canto passage read; misplaced bindings identified by caption, not physical adjacency. Original tone and printing wear retained.
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Gustave Doré (design). Beatrice among the flower-bearing angels. Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante. Scan leaf 180. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/dante-dore-179