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Hell Canto #7 The Avoricious And The Prodigal
Fine art by Salvador Dali
"The Avaricious and the Prodigal" (also known as "The Misers and Squanderers" or "Hell Canto 7") by the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Artwork Details

Artist: Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Series: This piece is one of 100 illustrations Dalí created for an edition of Dante Alighieri's epic poem The Divine Comedy, specifically for the Inferno section, Canto 7.
Medium: It is an original color woodcut (woodblock engraving) on paper.
Date: The series was executed between 1959 and 1964, with this specific print often dated around 1960 or 1963, depending on the edition.
Subject: The image illustrates Dante's Seventh Canto of the Inferno, where the avaricious (hoarders) and the prodigal (squanderers) are punished in the fourth circle of Hell. They are condemned to a futile eternal labor, rolling great weights against each other in an endless circle, symbolizing their earthly obsession with wealth.
Hell Canto #7 The Avoricious And The Prodigal