Francesca da Rimini
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Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta was an Italian noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatest
Paolo and Francesca da Rimini by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1862)
The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil, Ary Scheffer, 1835
Henry Fuseli: Dante Observing the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, pen and ink, c. 1800
Giuseppe Fraschieri: Dante e Virgilio incontrano Paolo e Francesca, oil on canvas, 1846 (Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Savona)
Giovanni Malatesta
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Giovanni Malatesta, also known as Giovanni, lo Sciancato, sometimes also called by the diminutive Gianciotto, was the second son of Malatesta da Verucchio of Rimini.
Francesca da Rimini
…Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (died between 1283 and 1286) was an Italian noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatesta. She was a contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the…
Gianciotto Discovers Paolo and Francesca by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.