{"product_id":"lucifer-roi-des-enfers-impression-art-gustave-dore","title":"Lucifer, King of Hell","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis engraving belongs to the series Gustave Doré devoted to Dante’s Inferno, published in 1861. It illustrates the last canto (XXXIV): at the bottom of the ninth circle, Dante and Virgil come upon Lucifer. Against all expectation, Hell does not burn here, it freezes. The fallen angel is held captive in the ice of Cocytus, and the icy wind raised by the beating of his bat-like wings maintains his own prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucifer rises from the ice, his fist against his mouth, before his immense outspread wings. At the top right, on a ledge of ice, two small figures watch him: Dante and Virgil. In the foreground, the damned lie on frozen blocks or barely emerge from them. Doré sets the colossal mass of the monster against the small size of the two poets, and this contrast of scale is what overwhelms the viewer. Rather than a triumphant devil, he shows a fallen sovereign, motionless, frozen in his own fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoré drew his compositions, then specialist engravers cut the wood. This plate bears the name of Héliodore Pisan, who engraved a large part of his illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Héritage range, this work is linked to Tom Cuzor, who acknowledges Gustave Doré as an influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal work: Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883), draughtsman, and Héliodore Pisan (French, 1822-1890), engraver, Lucifer, King of Hell (Lucifer, roi des enfers), wood engraving illustrating Canto XXXIV of Dante’s Inferno, first published in 1861. Copy reproduced: plate no. 73 of Dante, Göttliche Komödie, volume 1, Die Hölle (Berlin, W. Moeser, 1870), held by the National Library of Poland (Polona digital library). Public domain work; digital image from Wikimedia Commons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis art print is a reproduction, printed in France by Atelier Kyodai Print on 230 gsm premium matte paper. It is available in two sizes: 30 × 40 cm and 50 × 70 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gustave Doré","offers":[{"title":"30 × 40 cm","offer_id":59111628276095,"sku":"TP003-DORE-C08-PODKY-PR-3040T","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"50 × 70 cm","offer_id":59111628308863,"sku":"TP003-DORE-C08-PODKY-PR-5070T","price":70.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/7377\/4975\/files\/lucifer-roi-des-enfers-2611061849-01.jpg?v=1793987593","url":"https:\/\/www.vortex-corner.com\/en\/products\/lucifer-roi-des-enfers-impression-art-gustave-dore","provider":"Vortex Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}