Anselm Feuerbach
Paolo and Francesca, 1864
Öl auf Leinwand, 137,0 x 99,5 cm
1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Inv. Nr. 11521
Paolo and Francesca
A shared interest in Italian literature formed the basis of Schack’s association with Feuerbach. The subject of this painting comes from Dante’s Divine Comedy, where, in Canto V of Inferno, Francesca da Rimini and her brother-in-law Paolo Malatesta tell the story of their illicit passion. Feuerbach shows them falling in love while they read the story of the adulterous knight Lancelot.