Art, Symbol & Imagination
Farinata Rises in His Fiery Tomb
A bare-chested figure rises from an open grave, facing the two robed travellers who stand along its edge beneath an immense field of darkness. Farinata addresses Dante as a Tuscan and asks about his ancestors. Doré uses the upturned lid and bright tomb interior to frame the speaker’s exposed torso, while the two listeners remain wrapped in their travelling garments. The deep shadow around this small exchange isolates a personal and political conversation within the larger cemetery. The printed caption quotes the question about ancestry. The plate presents Farinata’s role in the canto rather than offering a portrait made from life or a complete account of Florentine factional history.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Farinata Rises in His Fiery Tomb" [editorial title]. In Dante's Inferno, Dante Alighieri. New Edition, undated supplied scan, undated edition, Thompson & Thomas. Source scan leaf 84. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/inferno-dore-77
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Full original plate and caption visually inspected. Editorial title; original scan tone and intrinsic damage retained. Sideways plates rotated in the Gallery derivative only.
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Gustave Doré (design). Farinata Rises in His Fiery Tomb. Dante's Inferno. Scan leaf 84. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/inferno-dore-77