Pia de' Tolomei
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Pia de' Tolomei was an Italian noblewoman from Siena identified as "la Pia," a minor character in Dante's Divine Comedy who was murdered by her husband without seeking absolution. Her brief presence i
Dante, Virgil and Pia de' Tolomei by Gustave Doré.
Pia de' Tolomei by Raffaele Giannetti
Melancholy, or Pia de' Tolomei by Eliseo Sala, 1846.
Pia de' Tolomei taken to the castle of Maremma by Vincenzo Cabianca.
Divine Comedy
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The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed c. 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian liter
Dante shown holding a copy of the Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, with the spheres of Heaven above, in Domenico di Michelino's 1465 fresco
Dante gazes at Mount Purgatory in an allegorical portrait by Agnolo Bronzino, painted c. 1530
Virgil
Beatrice