Paolo Malatesta
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Paolo Malatesta, also known as il Bello, was the third son of Malatesta da Verucchio, Lord of Rimini. He is best known for the story of his affair with Francesca da Polenta, portrayed by Dante in a fa
Paolo and Francesca, by Ernst Klimt (c. 1890)
Francesca da Rimini (1837), by William Dyce
The Death of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta by Alexandre Cabanel (1870)
Blazon of Malatesta (from Pompeo Litta)
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 Malatesta
…known as il Bello ('the Beautiful'), was the third son of Malatesta da Verucchio, Lord of Rimini. He is best known for the story of his affair with Francesca da Polenta, portrayed by Dante in a famous episode of his Inferno (Canto V). He was the brother of Giovanni (Gianciotto) and Malatestino Malatesta. Paolo's birth…
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)