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Dante Lost in the Wood: Escaping and Meeting Virgil, Canto I

Baccio Baldini

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a wooded scene. The scene depicts four people in robes. A man on the left wears a long robe and head covering. The head of a second figure covered in a hood is seen behind the trees on the left. The third figure appears to have a barrel on their back and sits on a rock. The fourth figure on the right wears a robe, and a head covering, and raises their arms. Three animals are depicted at the bottom and right of the image: a lion and another quadruped on the ground; a winged creature on the right. The sky has short horizontal lines, and there are trees and bushes throughout. The image is framed by a border.

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1263 × 638 px
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