Art, Symbol & Imagination
Charles Martel recalls the expected realms
Two figures on clouds look toward a third robed figure who raises an arm from a higher cloud. The caption refers to the land beside the Rhone after its meeting with the Sorga, which expected the speaker as its lord. In the matching canto Charles Martel recalls territories and succession before discussing the consequences of bad rule. Doré represents this political recollection as a conversation within the celestial setting, rather than drawing the named rivers or a map of the kingdoms. The raised arm gives the speaker emphasis while the landscape itself remains unpictured.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Charles Martel recalls the expected realms" [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 214. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/dante-dore-213
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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). Charles Martel recalls the expected realms. Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante. Scan leaf 214. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/dante-dore-213