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Painting of a pale nude woman embraced by a man in a swirling blue cloth, against a dark fiery sky with two tiny figures on a red hillside below.

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini

A painting of two lovers swept through a dark, fiery sky, wrapped in a billowing blue cloth. A pale nude woman leans back in the arms of a muscular man, while two small figures stand on a glowing red hillside at lower right.

Artist
Gustave Doré
Date
1863
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1392 × 1988 px
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Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1863; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Paolo y Francesca de Rímini

Pintura de dos amantes arrastrados por un cielo oscuro y ardiente, envueltos en una tela azul ondulante. Una mujer desnuda y pálida se recuesta en los brazos de un hombre musculoso, mientras dos figuras pequeñas se encuentran sobre una colina roja y brillante, a la derecha.

Português: Paolo e Francesca de Rímini

Pintura de dois amantes levados por um céu escuro e ardente, envoltos em um tecido azul esvoaçante. Uma mulher nua e pálida recosta-se nos braços de um homem musculoso, enquanto duas figuras pequenas estão sobre uma encosta vermelha e brilhante, à direita.

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