Dante in poster for HBO’s series Succession (2019)
Image on wall is a painting entitled “Dante and Virgil” (1850) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It appears to be the falsifiers of Inf. 30, Capocchio and Gianni Schicchi, in combat.
The original painting, currently held in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France, below.
Contributed by Kristina Olson
Sighting Citation:
“Dante in poster for HBO’s series Succession (2019).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. August 16, 2019. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/dante-in-poster-for-hbos-series-succession-2019/.
Posted August 16, 2019