Art, Symbol & Imagination
Dante turns his gaze to Beatrice
A seated robed traveller gazes at a standing woman surrounded by large pale winged figures. At the canto's opening Dante fixes his eyes and his soul's contentment on Beatrice. She explains why her increasing brightness must be tempered for his mortal capacity as they reach the seventh heaven. Doré makes the exchange quiet and frontal, enclosing the pair with wings and clouds. The picture is bound beside Canto XXIII in this copy, but its printed Canto XXI caption and matching opening establish the correct episode. No adjacent-page identity has been substituted.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Dante turns his gaze to Beatrice" [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 319. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/dante-dore-318
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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). Dante turns his gaze to Beatrice. Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante. Scan leaf 319. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/dante-dore-318