The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil | Ary Scheffer | 1855 17th Century contrasting with the calm and

contrasting with the calm and reflective sea in the foreground

using his bare hands

contrasting with deep shadows that envelop the town

printmaker and draughtsman

Mednyánszky explores the inevitability of death with remarkable psychological depth and quiet dignity

The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil | Ary Scheffer | 1855 17th Century contrasting with the calm andFrancesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appraised by Dante and Virgil (and several variant titles) is a composition painted in at least six very similar versions by Ary Scheffer between 1822 and 1855; all are in oils on canvas. The paintings show a scene from Dante's Inferno, of Dante and Virgil in the shadows to the right viewing the murdered lovers Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta in Hell. It "could be described as Scheffer's best work". The