Art, Symbol & Imagination
Alichino and Calcabrina Fall into Conflict
Two winged figures grapple above a dark pool while the travellers remain small on a high ledge to the left. Calcabrina turns upon Alichino after the Navarrese captive escapes, and their quarrel sends both into the sticky pitch. Doré isolates their intertwined bodies against the open space above the pool, contrasting frantic motion with the distant observers. Other devils must bring hooks to rescue the pair. The plate shows the collapse of the escort’s control through rivalry within its own company, rather than a struggle between the poets and the creatures watching the ditch.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Alichino and Calcabrina Fall into Conflict" [editorial title]. In Dante's Inferno, Dante Alighieri. New Edition, undated supplied scan, undated edition, Thompson & Thomas. Source scan leaf 161. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/inferno-dore-154
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Full original plate and caption individually inspected; exact neighbouring canto read. Editorial title. Source tone and intrinsic damage retained; rotation applies only to Gallery derivatives.
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Gustave Doré (design). Alichino and Calcabrina Fall into Conflict. Dante's Inferno. Scan leaf 161. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/inferno-dore-154