Book Title: Dante's Inferno; Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. from the original of Dante Alighieri, and illustrated with the designs of M. Gustave Doré.

Author: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

Image Title: Lano and Jacopo

Description: Two men, naked to represent the ease with which they disposed of their material possessions, flee through the Wood of Suicides with a pack of female mastiffs at their heels. The first, Lano, was a rich man from Siena who soon ran through his fortune. The second, Jacopo da Sant’Andrea, was a noble from Padua who was famous for such instances as burning his villa simply because he wanted to see a large fire. The engraver, Pierre Verdeil (19th c.), has placed his signature at the bottom right, while the artist Gustave Doré (1832-1888) has placed his signature at the bottom left.

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