Out of a Tomb
All Resolutions
Description:
Two men stand at the head of an open tomb as a dead man rises from the flames within, one arm outstretched.
This picture illustrates the following passage:
Upon a sudden issued forth this sound
From out one of the tombs; wherefore I pressed,
Fearing, a little nearer to my Leader.
(Inferno, Canto X. Translation: Henry W. Longfellow.)
The caption reads in the original French: Tout à coup d’un tombeau sortirent ces paroles…
