Dante wakes in the dark wood -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
Dante wakes in the dark wood -- Luigi Adamolli.
Dante wakes in the dark wood -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Dante wakes in the dark wood -- after G. Doré.
Dante wakes in the dark wood -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante in the dark wood with tree roots over his head -- Nicola Sanesi.
Frightened Dante dressed in black awakens surrounded by thorny plants in a dark wood -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
Dante bowing to Virgil in a vague dark forest with a leopard, lion and wolf coming behind him -- J. Kelt Edwards.
Dante walks across a desert towards a forest -- Dali.
Dante stands in the dark wood -- Barry Moser.
Dante wakes in the dark wood, "una selva oscura", represented by superimposed letters -- Tom Phillips.
"And just as he who, with exhausted breath ... turns back to watch the dangerous waves he just quit..." (Dante looking over his shoulder) -- Barry Moser.
Dante leaving the dark wood -- Ezio Marzi.
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Dante stands at the foot of a hill and sees the first rays of the morning sun -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante stands at the foot of a hill and sees the first rays of the morning sun -- Michael Mazur.
Dante climbs the hill and meets the panther & the lion -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild beasts, and meets Virgil -- 1491 ed.
Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild
beasts, and meets Virgil -- 1493 ed.![]()
Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild beasts, and meets Virgil -- 1497 ed.
Dante meets the lion and the leopard -- after Botticelli.
Dante climbs the hill and meets the panther -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Dante climbs the hill and meets the leopard -- after Doré.
Dante climbs the hill and meets the leopard -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante flees the hungry wolf -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante meets the lion -- after Doré.
Dante in the woods with one of the three creatures -- Benjamin Martinez.
The three beasts, shown in three V's with the words caro, mundus, Belial -- Tom Phillips.
Dante and the three beasts -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Dante meets Virgil -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante meets Virgil -- after Doré.
Dante meets Virgil -- Franz Staffen.
Dante meets a white-robed Virgil, the wolf, leopard and a maned lion -- Attilio Razzolini.
Dante meets Virgil, represented by his work as an illuminated ms. -- Tom Phillips.
Dark wood and three wild beasts: a panther, a lion and a wolf -- Antony de Witt.
Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild beasts, and meets Virgil -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Dante enters the dark wood, flees the wild beasts, and meets Virgil -- 1520 Landino comm. [note: the images used for the Nov. 1512 and the 1520 editions are the same]
Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- Nov. 1522 ed.
Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil
-- 1551 ed.![]()
Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- 1571 ed.[note: the images used for the 1551, 1571, and 1575 editions are the same]
Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- 1575 ed.[note: the images used for the 1551, 1571, and 1575 editions are the same]
Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- Luigi Adamolli.
Dante flees the wild beasts and meets Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.
The greyhound -- Tom Phillips.
Dante walks with Virgil -- after Doré.
The day ends and Dante prepares for the descent -- after Doré.
Dante preparing for the descent --Michael Mazur.
"The mission of Virgil" -- William Blake.
Beatrice, in a luminous cloud, appears to Virgil
-- Attilio Razzolini. ![]()
Beatrice appears to Virgil -- Dali.
Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante
his mission -- da Varese.![]()
Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante
his mission -- 1493 ed.![]()
Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- 1497 ed.
Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- 1520 Landino comm.
Beatrice appears to Virgil; Virgil tells Dante his mission -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Virgil tells Dante his mission -- Yan D'Argent.
The day is turning to evening; Virgil encourages
Dante -- Giovanni Costetti. ![]()
Beatrice, surrounded by flowers, appears to Virgil -- Luigi Adamolli.
Beatrice appears to Virgil -- after Doré.
Beatrice appears to Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.
Beatrice appears to Virgil -- Franz Staffen.
Beatrice appears, illuminated by a soft light from below -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
Beatrice appears to Virgil -- Benjamin Martinez.
Virgil in his study with the Aeneid; Beatrice represented as rays of light -- Tom Phillips.
Beatrice appears to Dante -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli
Beatrice appears to Dante -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
A fleur-de-lis in a hortus conclusus paralleling the Annuciation; 9 circles of Paradise in the sky -- Tom Phillips.
The butterfly Catagramma neglecta, the so-called Virgin butterfly, representing Beatrice descending to Virgil as the emissary of Mary -- Tom Phillips.
A daisy opening to the sun's light (line 127) -- Barry Moser.
A daffodil opening; the rising sun -- Tom Phillips.
Dante & Virgil go through the entrance to Hell -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
A series of iconographic heads (representing souls) -- Tom Phillips.
Dante & Virgil read the inscription at the entrance to Hell -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
Dante & Virgil read the inscription at the entrance to Hell -- Bargigi ms.
Dante & Virgil read the inscription on a boulder overhanging the entrance to Hell -- Luigi Adamolli.
Dante and Virgil read inscription engraved above the cave entrance to Hell -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
Entrance to Hell -- after Doré.
Entrance to Hell -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante and Virgil entering the dark cave of Hell -- Attilio Razzolini.
"Leave all hope behind, you who enter here" -- by Harry Bennett.
Entrance to Hell -- Benjamin Martinez.
A yellow banner against a background of the iconographic heads, representing lukewarm and indecisive souls -- Tom Phillips.
A collage of images of a park bench, representing the lukewarm and apathetic -- Tom Phillips.
Weeping and wailing of the damned -- Carlo
Muccioli. ![]()
The souls of the damned harassed by stinging insects -- Luigi Adamolli.
Charon moving the boat toward the souls of the damned -- Attilio Razzolini.
Charon moving his empty boat toward a distant
shore -- Robert Traill Rose.![]()
The head of Charon -- Barry Moser.
Various colored strips of sun sparkling on water, representing the monotony of Charon's job -- Tom Phillips.
Leaves falling off a tree (line 112) -- Barry Moser.
Horned Charon beating the souls which are about to enter his boat -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Souls filling Charon's boats -- Yan D'Argent.
Souls filling Charon's boats -- after Doré.
Charon moving the boat along, a soul trying to enter it from the side, amorphous Virgil and Dante sitting at the stern of the boat -- Dali.
Souls filling Charon's boats -- Michael Mazur.
Charon's boat filled with souls -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The Entrance to Hell; Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
Dante and Virgil go through the portal to Hell and see Charon
ferrying souls across the Acheron -- 1493 ed. ![]()
The Entrance to Hell; Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- 1497 ed.
Dante and Virgil go through the portal to Hell and see Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- 1520 Landino comm.
Dante and Virgil go through the portal to Hell
and see Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- Nov. 1512
ed. ![]()
"Leave all hope behind, you who enter here" -- by Harry Bennett.
"The vestibule of Hell and the souls mustering to cross the Acheron" -- by William Blake.
Charon's boat filled with souls -- after Flaxman.
Charon's boat filled with souls -- Luigi Adamolli.
Charyon standing over sinners in the boat -- Franz Staffen.
Charon's boat of damned souls skimming across
the Acheron -- Alberto Martini. ![]()
Charyon standing at prow of boat -- by Tono Zancanaro.
Charon towers over the souls entering his boat -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Dante and Virgil go through the portal to Hell and see Charon ferrying souls across the Acheron -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Diagram of the vestibule of Hell and the Acheron -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
"O voi che avete gl'intelletti sani // Sotto il velame delli versi strani // Mirate la dottrina che s'asconde" -- Bargigi ms.
Vigil invites Dante to descend into the first circle of Hell -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
A geometrically symetrical and highly stylized rendering of the castle in Limbo -- Tom Phillips.
Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
Virgil & Dante see the philosophers and the castle in which
they live -- 1493 ed. ![]()
Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- 1497 ed.
Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- 1520 Landino comm.
Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace, and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace, and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- Yan D'Argent.
Virgil & Dante see Homer, Horace, and Ovid by the "Cita de filosofi" -- Franz Staffen.
Homer, represented as one of enlarged heads used in Canto II, against a background of images found on ancient Greek pottery -- Tom Phillips.
Dante and Virgil meet the ancient philosophers -- Luigi Adamolli.
The philosophers -- after Doré.
The castle of the great men of antiquity from a distance -- Attilio Razzolini.
The cloaked philosophers (line 103) -- Barry Moser.
The philosophers -- Benjamin Martinez.
The "spiriti magni", the Roman heroes -- Luigi Adamolli.
The Roman heroes, line 118 [image misplaced
in Canto 3] -- Adolfo de Karolis. ![]()
Souls of the first circle -- after Doré.
Philosophers turn to speak with Dante --J. Kelt Edwards.
Souls of the first circle in a pastoral setting -- Attilio Razzolini.
Souls of the first circle eating each others' heads and bodyparts -- Dali.
Souls of the first circle -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
The first circle: Limbo -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The first circle: Limbo -- Michael Mazur.
Torrigiano's bust of Dante on a field of green surrounded by a border of bay-leaves (his welcome by the poets of antiquity) -- Tom Phillips.
The beginning of hell proper, vices of the flesh: a leopard's coat surrounded by the word "caro" -- Tom Phillips.
Christ's descent to Limbo -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
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Circle of the Lustful -- Michael Mazur.
Repeated images of a coital couple, evoking the sin of illicit love. -- Tom Phillips.
Minos judging criminals' souls -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
Minos judging criminals' souls -- Yan D'Argent.
Minos judging criminals' souls; his body is contorted and limbs elongated -- Dali.
Minos, on a hillside, judging criminals' souls -- Luigi Adamolli.
"There Minos stands" -- after Doré.
Minos watching Dante and Virgil as they look down into the Second Circle of souls -- Attilio Razzolini.
Minos with his tail wrapped around him (human except for the tail) -- Barry Moser.
The judgement of Minos: Dante's skull overlaid with small scenes of wrestling -- Tom Phillips.
Minos judging criminals' souls; the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
Minos and the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1493 ed. ![]()
Minos judging criminals' souls; the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1497 ed.
Minos and the lustful tossed by the wind -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Minos and the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1520 Landino comm.
The second circle: Minos, the lustful tossed by the wind -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The second circle: Minos, the lustful tossed by the wind -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The lustful: Sémiramis, Dido & Cleopatra -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
The lustful tossed by the wind -- after Doré.
Cranes in flight (line 46: a metaphor of the flight of the spirits) -- Barry Moser.
Birds on the wing, echoing Dante's description of how Francesca & Paolo appeared to him -- Tom Phillips.
Horned demons and the souls of the lustful swirling through the air -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Francesca di Rimini
& Paolo da Maltesta tell their story -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital.
2107 ![]()
Francesca & Paolo looking into each other's eyes -- Anonymous 1839 engraving.
Francesca di Rimini & Paolo da Maltesta tell their story -- Luigi Adamolli.
Deathbed of Francesca da Rimini and of Paolo Malatesta -- Alexandre Cabanel.
Francesca & Paolo -- after Doré.
Francesca & Paolo -- Yan D'Argent.
Francesca & Paolo -- Franz Staffen. ![]()
Francesca & Paolo clinging to each other in the air -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
"Poet, I would gladly converse with those two who together go and seem to be so weightless to the wind" -- Harry Bennett.
The circle of the lustful: Francesca da Rimini -- by William Blake.
Francesca & Paolo and the lustful -- after Doré.
Dante watches Francesca & Paolo -- Attilio Razzolini.
Francesca & Paolo speak with Dante and
Virgil -- Marcovich. ![]()
Francesca & Paolo reading together on the day of they sinned -- after Doré.
"Those spirits left the ranks where Dido suffers" (line 85) -- Barry Moser.
Adam & Eve in the garden of Eden: embodiment of temptation -- Tom Phillips.
Two lovers sitting on a descended cloud, in front of them Dante and Virgil -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli
Dante is so moved by their story he falls to the ground -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
The lovers punished; Dante senseless on the ground -- after Flaxman.
The lovers punished; Dante senseless on the ground -- after Doré.
Dante on the ground amoung the souls of the Lustful at the feet of Virgil -- Attilio Razzolini.
The lustful -- Benjamin Martinez.
Third, fourth, fifth and sixth circles -- Phoebe Traquair.
Circle 3, the gluttonous: the repeated image of a pig in the falling rain -- Tom Phillips.
Ciacco holding his head -- by Tono Zancanaro.
Cerberus -- after Doré.
Cerberus -- Yan D'Argent.
Virgil tosses mud into one of Cerberus' jaws as Dante looks on -- Attilio Razzolini.
Virgil throws mud at Cerberus' mouth -- Luigi
Adamolli. ![]()
Three-headed Cerberus standing on his hind legs, Dante immediately below his front hoofs -- Dali.
A slobbering Cerberus, viewed head on -- Barry Moser.
A dim image of Cerberus against a mud-splattered background -- Tom Phillips.
Cerberus chasing the gluttonous souls, Dante speaking to Ciaccio; no mud -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli
Cerberus, winged and breathing fire, stands above mud-covered souls -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
"Three-headed Cerberus, monstrous and cruel" -- Michael Mazur.
Cerberus growling over the gluttonous in the mud and rain -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- 1493 ed. ![]()
Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- 1497 ed.
Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- 1520 Landino comm.
Circle 3: the gluttonous lying in the mud in the rain -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Cerberus; the gluttonous in the mud -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The gluttonous in the mud -- after Doré.
Angel in red blowing the last loud trumpet -- Attilio Razzolini.
"The Gluttons" -- Rico Lebrun.
The back end of a dead pig -- Tom Phillips.
Bits of images of people from Doré under a grey rain -- Tom Phillips.
"Bolgia of the gluttons and incontents; they are in eternal rain" -- Rico Lebrun.
Dante and Virgil speak with Ciacco -- Franz Staffen.
Dante and Virgil speak with Ciacco in the rain of mud -- Luigi Adamolli.
Dante and Virgil speak with Ciacco -- Yan D'Argent.
Ciacco sits up and speaks to Dante and Virgil as snow and rain fall down upon him -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
Dante and Virgil speak with Ciacco -- Benjamin Martinez.
Wheel of Fortune with an image of South African banknote -- Tom Phillips.
Pluto, surrounded by snakes and horned, winged devils, Virgil and Dante standing by -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Virgil tells Pluto he must let them pass to the 4th circle -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Virgil tells Pluto he must let them pass to the 4th circle, spendthrifts rolling stones -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
Virgil tells Pluto he must let them pass to the 4th circle, spendthrifts rolling stones -- 1497 ed.
The avaricious and the prodigal fighting endlessly -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Ireful sinners fighting -- 1493 ed. ![]()
"The Stygian Lake with the ireful sinners fighting" -- by William Blake.
Ireful sinners fighting -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil view ireful sinners fighting in the Stygian Lake and the City of Dis in the distance -- Attilio Razzolini.
Pluto falls to the ground after Virgil wards him off verbally -- Yan D'Argent.
Pluto -- after Doré.
Pluto -- by Tono Zancanaro.
Pluto with his limbs broken and a cracked grey skull; his shade behind him -- Dali.
A "verbal palimpsest" of layers of nonsense letters echoing the gibberish spoken by Pluto -- Tom Phillips.
Misers and spendthrifts -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Lady Luck -- Franz Staffen.
Spendthrifts rolling stones at each other -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Spendthrifts rolling stones at each other -- 1520 Landino comm.
Circle 4: the hoarders rolling stones -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The hoarders rolling stones above a giant's head (line 55) -- Luigi Adamolli.
The wrathful in the marsh of the Styx -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The hoarders rolling stones -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The hoarders rolling stones -- after Doré.
Spendthrifts and hoarders roll huge rocks -- Attilio Razzolini.
A hoarder rolling a stone -- Benjamin Martinez.
Spendthrifts throwing rocks -- by Tono Zancanaro.
Millstones made of the phrases "Why spend" and "Why save" within concentric circles -- Tom Phillips.
The hoarders rolling stones -- Michael Mazur.
Another confusion of words, representing the sullen -- Tom Phillips.
Fortune and her wheel -- Robert Turner.
Crossing the Styx -- Michael Mazur.
Phlegyas rows Dante and Virgil across the Styx -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Phlegyas rows Dante and Virgil across the Styx -- after Doré.
"No sooner were my guide and I aboard, then the old prow went sawing through the waves." -- Harry Bennett.
Virgil pushes Filippo Argenti off the boat as they approach the flaming City of Dis -- Attilio Razzolini.
Virgil & Dante, carried over the Styx by Phlegyas, pass Filippo Argenti -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat -- Yan D'Argent.
Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat -- Franz Staffen.
Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat
-- Federico Zandomeneghi. ![]()
Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat rowed by Phlegyas -- Luigi Adamolli.
Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat -- after Doré.
Filippo Argenti trying to get into the boat, but Virgil with an arm around Dante will push him out -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
A sinking head, surround by four horseshoes (signifying Argenti). -- Tom Phillips.
Filippo Argenti tries to get into the boat, Phlegyas shown as a demon -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Virgil summons the demons to demand entrance to Dis -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
Souls question Dante's appearance in Hell -- after Doré.
Drawing of Dante's skull filled with x's and checks representing his indecision. -- Tom Phillips.
Dante waits while Virgil talks with the demons -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
Virgil & Dante, carried over the Styx by Phlegyas, pass Filippo Argenti and Virgil summons the demons to demand entrance to Dis -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
Approaching the City of Dis -- 1493 ed. ![]()
Virgil & Dante, carried over the Styx by Phlegyas, pass Filippo Argenti and Virgil summons the demons to demand entrance to Dis -- 1497 ed.
Approaching the City of Dis -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Approaching the City of Dis -- 1520 Landino comm.
Crossing the river, approaching the City of Dis -- Benjamin Martinez.
A pattern of flames (flame-consumed Dis, representing Florence). -- Tom Phillips.
Circle 5: the Styx and the City of Dis -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
City of Dis, symbolized by an entangled mass of bodies -- Dali.
Phlegyas and the Wrathful; approaching the City of Dis -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
A universal "no entry" road sign and two crosses on a field of dripping blood (Dante barred entry to Dis). -- Tom Phillips.
A melange of images related to the number 3 and 9. -- Tom Phillips.
A medieval tower in the middle, tortured women embraced by snakes on its top and inside, Medusa's head in front of its gate; the tower is surrounded by burning tombs, rock formations and devils -- Antony de Witt.
The Furies: Megaera, Alecto & Tisiphone -- after Flaxman.
The Furies struggling with snakes -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli
The Furies -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil meet the Furies -- Attilio Razzolini.
The Furies -- Vincenzo La Bella. ![]()
The Furies; Virgil averts Dante's gaze -- Sophia
Giacomelli. ![]()
The Furies holding Medusa's head -- Luigi Adamolli.
A Fury spitting fire, her chest is torn open -- Dali.
Tisiphone (head only) -- Barry Moser.
The Furies, rendered as blotches of color and shape, against a crenellated foreground. -- Tom Phillips.
The Furies, holding Medusa's head, Virgil shields Dante's eyes -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Virgil saves Dante from Medusa's gaze with the help of an angel -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
Virgil saves Dante from Medusa's gaze with the help of an angel -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil watch as the angel opens the door to Dis -- Attilio Razzolini.
An angel in a shifting landscape rebukes the demons and opens
the door of Dis -- J. Kelt Edwards.
Virgil saves Dante from Medusa's gaze with the help of an angel -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
An angel walking on the waters of the Styx -- Luigi Adamolli..
"So did the thousand ruined souls I saw take flight...", line 79 (demons being chased away) -- Barry Moser.
Thousands of ruined souls take flight -- Benjamin Martinez.
The angel opens the door to Dis -- Franz Staffen.
The angel opens the door to Dis and chases the demons away -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107
The angel opens the door to Dis and chases the demons away -- after Botticelli.
The angel opens the door to Dis and chases the demons away -- Yan D'Argent.
The angel opens the door to Dis and chases the demons away -- Luigi Adamolli.
Dante and Virgil enter the City of Dis -- 1493 ed. (note: the image is the same as that of Canto 8).
Dante and Virgil enter the City of Dis -- Michael Mazur.
Virgil saves Dante from Medusa's gaze with the help of an angel -- 1497 ed.
Dante & Virgil encounter Medusa -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Dante & Virgil encounter Medusa -- 1520 Landino comm.
Doors bearing the "no entry" sign (in green) open to reveal the figure of Christ from the Shroud of Turin (representing the angelic messenger). -- Tom Phillips.
The City of Dis and the burning tombs of the heretics -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The burning tombs of the heretics -- after Doré.
Dante & Virgil encounter Medusa -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The prideful heretics represented as three lions (one heraldic, two realistic). -- Tom Phillips.
The burning tombs of the heretics -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The burning tombs of the heretics -- Yan D'Argent.
The burning tombs of the heretics -- Franz Staffen.
The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks with Farinata degli Uberti -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks
with Farinata -- 1493 ed. ![]()
The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks with Farinata -- 1497 ed.
The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks with Farinata -- after Botticelli.
The burning tombs of the heretics, Dante speaks with Farinata -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli
Farinata from his burning tomb makes his torso visible to Dante and Virgil -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
The burning tombs of the epicureans, in the form of open books -- Tom Phillips.
Dante speaks with Farinata degli Uberti & Cavalcante dei Cavalcanti -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Cavalcante sinks back into his tomb when Dante ignores him -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
"Look at Farinata raising himself up; you will see all of him above the waist" -- by Harry Bennett.
"That's Farinata-look! he's risen to sight" -- after Doré.
Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb as fire and smoke rise from various tombs -- Attilio Razzolini.
Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- 1520 Landino comm.
Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Luigi Adamolli.
Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante speaks with Farinata in his tomb -- Anton
Maria Mucchi Vignoli. ![]()
Farinata -- Benjamin Martinez.
Farinata, looking ghostly and monumentally large -- Dali.
Farinata in his tomb -- Barry Moser.
Farinata sits up in his burning tomb, one of many -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
"...see where Farinata has sat up straight..." -- Michael Mazur.
The Resurrection of the dead from the west front of Amiens Cathedral -- Robert Turner.
The lily of Florence reassembled into a warlike emblem, overlaid with three of the landmark dates in the bloody feuds Farinata relates -- Tom Phillips.
A closed book on which rests a watch face without hands, symbolizing the perception of time by the damned -- Tom Phillips.
Dante proceeds on -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Virgil explains the circles of Hell to Dante -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Virgil explains the circles of Hell to Dante -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Virgil explains the circles of Hell to Dante --Michael Mazur.
Simple diagram of Hell -- Michael Mazur.
The circles of the violent, represented by holes in metals reminiscent of bullet holes -- Tom Phillips.
Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- Bargigi ms.
Virgil explains the arrangement of hell as they stand next to the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- Attilio Razzolini.
A view of the circles of Hell -- Attilio Razzolini.
Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius-- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius --1493 ed.
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Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius-- 1497 ed.
Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- after Doré.
Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- Yan D'Argent.
Virgil & Dante at the tomb of Pope Anastasius -- Franz Staffen.
Virgil & Dante at the monumental tomb of Pope Anastasius, the tomb of Fottino in the background -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Anastasius's name, in classic Roman letters, on a grey background shaped like a tombstone -- Tom Phillips.
Dante & Virgil pause near an open tomb -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Dante & Virgil pause near an open tomb -- 1520 Landino comm.
Dante & Virgil pause near an open tomb -- Benjamin Martinez.
A stylized map of the brain overlays a gridwork "derived from that graph in which the Aristotelian systematisation of morals ... is mapped" -- Tom Phillips.
A series of arrows and other geometric shaped superimposed over "bullet" holes represents the Aristotelian view of the lineage of art as a "grandchild" of God -- Tom Phillips.
Three arrows representing the threefold journey Dante-- up, across, and down-- against a multicolored background of fleur-de-lis -- Tom Phillips.
Entangled, contorted bodies, perhaps the symbol of entry into a new circle of hell -- Dali.
The seventh circle in three sections -- Phoebe Traquair.
The rocky stairs down to the Seventh Circle -- Barry Moser.
The minotaur at the ruined stone bridge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The minotaur as a horse with a bull's head -- Luigi Adamolli.
The minotaur -"the infamy of Crete" -- after Doré.
The minotaur sitting on a rock watches Dante & Virgil descend into the Seventh Circle -- Attilio Razzolini.
The minotaur (head & shoulders only) -- Barry Moser.
The minotaur -- Benjamin Martinez.
The birth of the minotaur, created by fragments of illustrated Victorian newspapers -- Tom Phillips.
The minotaur and Nessus -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The minotaur and Nessus -- 1520 Landino comm.
The minotaur comes face to face with Dante and Virgil -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
A proud centaur holding his bow (line 63) -- Barry Moser.
Two centaurs threatens Dante and Virgil with bows and arrows -- Luigi Adamolli.
The centaurs -- Franz Staffen.
The centaurs approach -- Tom Phillips.
The centaurs approach, Virgil speaks with Chiron -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The centaurs approach, Virgil speaks with Chiron -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
The centaurs approach, Virgil speaks with Chiron -- 1493 ed.
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The centaurs approach, Virgil speaks with Chiron -- 1497 ed.
Effeminate Chiron has an archer on his back, blood is spilling from above -- Dali.
Virgil & Dante riding Nessus, who names the sinners in the river of blood -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Nessus naming the sinners in the river of blood -- Michael Mazur.
Dante rides on Chiron's back; the centaurs shoot at the sinners in the bloody river -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- after Botticelli.
Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- Luigi Adamolli.
Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- G. G. Macchiavelli.
Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- after Doré.
Centaurs shooting at sinners in the river of blood -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante & Virgil on the back of Nessus as he walks along the river of blood -- Attilio Razzolini.
Centaur -- by Tono Zancanaro.
Centaurs, sinners in the river of blood -- after Doré.
Centaurs in the river of blood -- by Amos Nattini. ![]()
Encounter with two centaurs -- after Flaxman.
Union Jack representing Prince Henry killed in Italy (line 120) -- Tom Phillips.
Women submerged into holes full of mud, centaurs running around them -- Antony de Witt.
Forest of suicides -- D'argent.
Forest of suicides -- after Doré.
A Profligate, pursued by a black hound rushes through the Forest of suicides -- Attilio Razzolini.
A tangle of thorny branches (line 5) -- Barry Moser.
Forest of suicides -- Benjamin Martinez.
Forest of suicides --Michael Mazur.
Forest of suicides -- by Tono Zancanaro.
Anthropomorphic trees breaking off each other's branches, Dante and Virgil running bellow -- Dali.
"Bolgia of the suicides; they are changed unto trees and bushes" (two pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.
The forest of the suicides; a darker version of the forest from Canto 1, with bird-like shapes at the top -- Tom Phillips.
Dante breaks off part of a "tree" in the Forest of Suicides -- after Botticelli.
Dante breaks off part of a "tree" in the Forest of Suicides -- Luigi Adamolli.
Dante breaks off part of a "tree"
in the Forest of Suicides -- Pietro Senno. ![]()
Dante breaks off part of a "tree" in the Forest of Suicides -- Franz Staffen.
"A sapling log that catches fire ... " (line 40) -- Barry Moser.
Sketchy letter shapes in red & black with an overlay of wood graining hinting at faces -- Tom Phillips.
The harpies in the forest and two profligates --1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
The harpies in the forest and two profligates -- 1493 ed. ![]()
The harpies in the forest and two profligates --1497 ed.
The harpies in the forest and two profligates -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The harpies in the forest and two profligates -- 1520 Landino comm.
The harpies and the forest of suicides -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The Harpies and the Forest of Suicides -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The harpies -- Armando Spadini. ![]()
The Harpies and the Forest of Suicides -- Antony de Witt.
Dante and Virgil encounter Pier delle Vigne -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil pass a soul turning into a tree -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
Red & white stripes suggesting prison bars and a confusion of letters representing the verbal intrigues Piero delle Vigne engaged in while alive -- Tom Phillips.
The two profiligates trying to escape -- after Doré.
A pack of dogs carry away the limbs of the
profligates that they have torn off -- Bargigi ms. ![]()
A pack of dogs tear at Lano of Siena & Jacomo di Sant' Andrea -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
A pack of dogs tear at a profligate -- Yan D'Argent.
Repeated images of hound dogs, a 19th cent. representation of the planet Mars, a coin from Florence and a bush -- Tom Phillips.
A demonic-looking harpy with metal claws, the twisted trees in which the suicides are imprisoned and a pack of bitches tearing at two profligates -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
The dogs carry away the limbs they have torn off -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Hound dogs pursuing the profligates, harpies flying above -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
An old gnarled tree (line 1) -- Barry Moser.
Blasphemers lying on burning sand -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Blasphemers lying on burning sand -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
The violent against God on the burning sand
-- 1493 ed. ![]()
Blasphemers lying on burning sand -- 1497 ed.
The violent against God on the burning sand -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The violent against God on the burning sand -- 1520 Landino comm.
Capaneous and the blasphemers on the burning
sand -- Bartolomeo Pinelli. ![]()
Fire raining down on the blasphemers who writhe on burning sand -- Luigi Adamolli.
The violent against God on the burning sand -- after Doré.
The violent against God sitting on rocks with a rain of fire in the background -- Attilio Razzolini.
Near a small red stream, Virgil explains the origin of all the rivers of Hell -- Attilio Razzolini.
Blasphemers lying on burning sand -- Benjamin Martinez.
The rain of fire -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The rain of fire -- Michael Mazur.
The rain of fire falling on the blasphemers -- Gilippo G. Machiavelli.
Flames leaping from hands in various poses from ballet moves -- Tom Phillips.
Blasphemers lie on burning sand under a rain of comet-like fire surrounded by old gnarled trees -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
The violent against God on the burning sand with rain of fire -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The violent against God on the burning sand
with rain of fire [misplaced in canto 16] -- Giacomo Lolli. ![]()
The violent against God on the burning sand with rain of fire -- 1817-1819 ed.
Capaneous the Blasphemer, Virgil and Dante
-- Pieraccini. ![]()
Capaneous the Blasphemer -- William Blake.
Virgil points to Capaneous under the rain of fire -- Luigi Adamolli.
Capaneous the Blasphemer -- Franz Staffen.
"Within the mountain is a huge Old Man" (line 103) -- Barry Moser.
The Old Man of the mountain -- Luigi Adamolli.
The Old Man of the mountain -- Yan D'Argent.
A stretched, split, green skull, one of its extended ends hangs over a cane -- Dali.
An old man squinting (line 18) -- Barry Moser.
Meeting Brunetto Latini -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
Meeting Brunetto Latini -- 1497 ed.
Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Meeting Brunetto Latini -- 1520 Landino comm.
Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Yan D'Argent.
Meeting Brunetto Latini and others -- Filippo Marcaggi. ![]()
Meeting Brunetto Latini and others -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Meeting Brunetto Latini -- after Doré.
Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Attilio Razzolini.
Dante & Virgil watching as Brunetto Latini runs away-- Attilio Razzolini.
Meeting Brunetto Latini -- Benjamin Martinez.
Brunetto Latini reaches up from the crowd of sinners -- Luigi Adamolli.
Brunetto Latini, at the head of a line of sodomites, reaches up to the sky -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Brunetto Latini describing the conditions in the Seventh Circle -- Michael Mazur.
The Sodomites -- Yan D'Argent.
The Sodomites, Dante and Virgil in the background -- Dali.
The violents against nature run perpetually while fire and sand billow up around them -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
Dante meets the Sodomites (violent against nature) -- Franz Staffen.
A naked Brunetto Latini running (line 121) -- Barry Moser.
Brunetto Latini running away, w/ flames attacking him -- Luigi Adamolli.
Guido Guerro, Tegghiai' Aldobrandi & Jacopo Rusticucci tell their stories -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The edge of Circle 7 and the three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- 1491 ed. (also 1864 Milano ed.)
The edge of Circle 7 and the three Florentine
Guelf noblemen -- 1493 ed. ![]()
The edge of Circle 7 and the three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- 1497 ed.
The three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- 1520 Landino comm.
The three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante meets the three Florentine Guelf noblemen -- Attilio Razzolini.
One of the three Florentine noblemen -- Benjamin Martinez.
One of the three Florentine noblemen -- Franz Staffen.
"The three resumed their old lament-and when they had raced up to us, linked their bodies in a wheel" -- Michael Mazur.
Guido Guerro, Tegghiai Aldobrandi & Jacopo Rusticucci, grasping each others wrists, with their heads turned backwards, dance in the flames -- Stefana Mrozewskiego
Virgil standing by a a carmine waterfall -- Dali.
The edge of circle 7, first view of Geryon -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The edge of the cliff of the Seventh Circle, Geryon is flying toward Dante & Virgil -- Attilio Razzolini.
At the waterfall at the edge of the 7th circle, Virgil throws Dante's rope girdle over to call Geryon -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Virgil throws a rope into the waterfall as a flipper rises to catch it -- Luigi Adamolli.
Geryon, looking like a dragon with human head, is pulling himself up on the rope Virgil has thrown -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Virgil throwing Dante's rope "girdle" into the waterfall -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Virgil throwing Dante's rope "girdle"
into the waterfall -- Sophia Giacomelli. ![]()
"Bolgia of the violent against nature and art" -- Rico Lebrun.
The 8th circle: Descent on Geryon into Malebolge; the 10 moats of the fraudulent -- Traquair.
The monster Geryon -- Franz Staffen.
Dante and Virgil sitting on Geryon's shoulders, traveling -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Geryon descending with Dante and Virgil -- Filippo Marcaggi.
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Geryon, bald man's head snake's body-- Barry Moser.
Geryon ("Lichwiarze"), a horned man's head, a furry torso with armored plates below and bat's wings -- Stefana Mrozewskiego
Geryon descending with Dante and Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.
A fearful Dante riding on Geryon's back into the abyss -- Luigi Adamolli.
"New terror I conceived at the steep plunge" -- after Doré.
"Onward he [Geryon] swam with motion more and more slow as he wheeled round descending" -- Michael Mazur.
"Forthwith that image vile of Fraud appear'd" -- after Doré.
Adog biting it's tail to remove fleas (line 50) -- Barry Moser.
The descent on Geryon; Virgil talks to Geryon, Dante talks with a group of usurers -- 1864 Milano ed.
The descent on Geryon; Virgil talks to Geryon,
Dante talks with a group of usurers -- 1493 ed. ![]()
While Virgil talks to Geryon, Dante talks with a group of usurers -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Virgil talks to Geryon while Dante talks with a group of usurers -- Attilio Razzolini.
An unhappy usurer -- Benjamin Martinez.
Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- 1520 Landino comm.
Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Geryon carries Dante & Virgil into the eighth circle -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Dante & Vigil on Gerion's back in the void -- after Flaxman.
Dante & Virgil on Gerion's back in the void -- Alberto
Zardo. ![]()
Dante & Virgil on Geryon's back flying through rock formations -- Attilio Razzolini.
Dante & Virgil on Geryon's back plunging
into a gulf -- R. T. Rose. ![]()
"I found myself suspended in mid-air, and realized that nothing could be seen except the monster"-- by Harry Bennett.
Gerion, flying she-snake, speaking to Virgil and Dante, bloody-red sky surrounding them -- Dali.
A falcon's head (line 127) -- Barry Moser.
The bridges connecting the deep valleys of Malebolge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
A bridge over the Malebolge under which are a multitude of flatterers -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
Dante and Virgil flying on Gerion's back over a formation of rocks -- Dali.
The trenches of the malebolge -- Benjamin Martinez.
The trenches of the malebolge; flatterers immersed in feces -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
The trenches of the malebolge; flatterers immersed
in feces -- 1493 ed. ![]()
"Bolgia of the panderers and seducers; they are sunk in filth" (three pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.
"I saw horned demons carrying great whips, who struck the spirits cruelly from behind" --by Harry Bennett.
"I saw horned fiends with heavy whips...who scourged their [the sinners'] backs and drove them on headlong" -- after Doré.
"I saw horned fiends with heavy whips...who scourged their [the sinners'] backs and drove them on headlong" -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Horned demons striking spirits -- Yan D'Argent.
Horned demons striking spirits -- Attilio Razzolini.
Horned demons striking spirits --Franz Staffen.
Demons scourging the fraudulent, Dante & Virgil wrapped in a column of air -- Stefana Mrozewskiego
Three women sinners -- by Tono Zancanaro.
Three women sinners surrounded by dogs, bats, small dragons, flames and rubble -- Antony de Witt.
Contorted woman -- by Tono Zancanaro.
Horned demons whip the sinners; Dante talks with Venedico Cacciamenco -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Meeting Venedico Cacciamenco of Bologna -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Meeting Venedico Cacciamenco of Bologna -- 1520 Landino comm.
Dante spots Cacciamenco among the souls being whipped by shaggy-legged demons -- Luigi Adamolli.
Panderers and seducers running and being scourged by demons
-- Luigi Adamolli. ![]()
Panderers and seducers running and being scourged by demons -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Flatterer immersed in feces -- Michael Mazur.
Flatterers immersed in feces -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante peering down at the flatterers immersed in feces -- Attilio Razzolini.
Speaking with Alessio Interminei -- after Doré.
Flatterers chained in feces; Virgil points out Thaïs -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Virgil points out Thaïs -- after Doré.
Thaïs, the harlot -- Barry Moser.
Baptismal font at Pisa Baptistery (lines 16-18) -- Robert Turner.
"The Simoniac Pope" -- William Blake.
Meeting Pope Boniface -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Meeting Pope Boniface -- 1520 Landino comm.
Meeting Pope Boniface -- after Doré.
Meeting Pope Boniface, head down in the rock w/ his feet aflame -- Alberto Martini.
Dante speaks with Pope Boniface -- Franz Staffen.
The feet of the simoniacs, wreathed in flames,stick out of the ground -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet -- after Botticelli.
The simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet -- Yan D'Argent.
Virgil points out the simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet -- Attilio Razzolini.
The simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet, other sinners in the background submersed in flames head up -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
The simoniacs head down in rock with flames
on their feet -- 1544 Marcolini ed. ![]()
The simoniacs head down in rock with flames on their feet -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The simoniacs head down in wells full of flames -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
A simoniac head down in rock with flames on his feet -- Benjamin Martinez.
"Bolgia of the simoniacs; they sold ecclesiastic favors; are stuck in flaming pits head down" (three pictures) -- Rico Lebrun
Virgil & Dante, still wrapped in a sort of mantle, see the simoniacs with only their heads or heads and shoulders in the ground -- Stefana Mrozewskiego
The simoniacs all smashed in together -- Michael Mazur.
Simoniacs running down a hill while being whipped -- Dali.
Virgil takes Dante down to talk to Pope Nicholas III -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Virgil carries Dante out of the third valley of Malebolge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- after Botticelli.
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Marzo 1520
ed. ![]()
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards
-- Ernesto Bellandi. ![]()
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Yan D'Argent.
Virgil and Dante meet Manto with her head facing backwards -- A Razzolini.
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The sorcerers, in a ditch, with their heads facing backwards -- Luigi Adamolli.
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards
-- Franz Staffen. ![]()
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Michael Mazur.
The sorcerers with their heads facing backwards -- Benjamin Martinez.
The false fortune-tellers, with their heads turned around, viewed both from the front and the back -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
"Bolgia of the soothsayers who misuse their intelligence to beguile credulous people" -- Rico Lebrun.
Manto with her head facing backwards -- Barry Moser.
Virgil and Dante meet Manto -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Contorted face of an old man, rock on the top of his skull, bones on the right side of the image, Dante observing it all curiously -- Dali.
The arsenal of the Venetians with the vats of pitch (line 7, ff.) -- Barry Moser.
Virgil & Dante encounter a winged devil on the bridge between the 4th & 5th valleys (bowge) -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Virgil & Dante encounter a winged devil on the bridge who is throwing a sinner back into the pitch -- Luigi Adamolli.
Virgil & Dante encounter a winged devil on the bridge who is throwing a sinner back into the pitch -- Yan D'Argent.
Winged devils forcing sinner into pit of fire with large forks -- AttilioRazzolini.
An extravagently winged devil dangles a sinner head down over his shoulder -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Devil plunging sinner back into the pitch -- after Doré.
Devil plunging sinner back into the pitch -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Sinners in the pitch full of mud -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
A winged devil throwing a sinner back into the pitch -- Franz Staffen.
Devil plunging sinner back into the pitch --
Sophia Giacomelli. ![]()
Devil plunging sinner back into the pitch -- Michael Mazur.
Virgil with Dante as he looks down into a flaming pit with legs sticking out -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
Individual legs sticking out of a mass of rocks -- Dali.
Dante hides while Virgil negotiates safe conduct through the bowge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante hides while Virgil negotiates safe conduct through the bowge -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante hides while Virgil negotiates safe conduct
through the bowge -- Adolfo Magrini. ![]()
Demons dashing out from under ramp toward Virgil hiding Dante -- J. Kelt Edwards.
Dante compares his nervous escape to footmen
retreating from Capona, which is pictured here -- 1898. ![]()
The devil Malacoda show Virgil & Dante the path -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The devils of the fifth bowge -- Nov. 1520 ed.
The devils of the fifth bowge -- 1520 Landino comm.
The devils of the fifth bowge -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The demons in Malebolge -- after Flaxman.
The devils of the fifth bowge -- Benjamin Martinez.
A Medieval devil (after an illuminated manuscript) -- Robert Turner.
The heads of the demons Scarmiglione and Barbariccia -- Barry Moser.
Those who sold public offices plunged in boiling pitch -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Virgil verbally fending off the attacks of the devils -- after Doré.
"Bolgia of the drafters" -- Rico Lebrun.
A pack of devils lead a frightened Dante out of the fifth bowge-- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
A pack of devils lead a frightened Dante through the fifth bowge -- Luigi Adamolli.
Devil plunging sinners back into the pitch -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Barbariccia -- Barry Moser.
"Escorted by ten devils, we resumed our way" -- Harry Bennett.
"Escorted by ten devils, we resumed our way" -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Dante and Virgil escorted by ten devils -- Michael Mazur.
Devils walking away, Dante and Virgil facing the pitch -- after Botticelli.
Rubicant (a demon) pulls a barrator out of the pitch -- Yan D'Argent.
"In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming,
'Thou art caught.' " (one of the barrators is pulled out
of the pitch) -- Doré. ![]()
Devils pulling a barrator out of the pitch
-- Giovanni Trombara. ![]()
One of the barrators is pulled out of the pitch -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
One of the barrators is pulled out of the pitch -- after Doré.
One of the barrators is pulled out of the pitch
-- Giovanni Fattori. ![]()
One of the barrators is pulled out of the pitch -- Franz Staffen.
One of the barrators is pulled out to talk to Dante -- Nov. 1512 ed.
One of the barrators is pulled out to talk to Dante -- 1520 Landino comm.
One of the barrators is pulled out to talk to Dante -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
One of the barrators is pulled out to talk to Dante -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
"The lake of pitch"; Ciampolo is pulled out to talk to Dante -- after Flaxman.
Poorly defined shapes of sinners in the pitch; one has been pulled out by a devil -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
"Baffled devils fighting" -- William Blake.
Two devils fighting above the pitch -- after Doré.
A flying devil forcing sinner into a pitch -- AttilioRazzolini.
Six devils fighting in the pitch -- Luigi Adamolli.
Devils fighting -- Benjamin Martinez.
A mosaic of winged devils, sea monsters, dragons, bats and flying turtles -- Antony de Witt.
A large woman dominates the image, Dante turning his face away from her -- Dali.
Dante & Virgil are chased by the devils -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante & Virgil are chased by the devils -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante & Virgil are chased by the devils -- after Doré.
Virgil slides down the slope into the 6th valley carrying Dante -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
< NAME="anchor333334">The cloaked hypocrites want to know Dante is -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil watch a procession of hypocrites cloaked in
yellow -- Robert Traill Rose. ![]()
The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- after Botticelli.
The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- 1520 Landino comm.
The cloaked hypocrites stepping on Caiaphas who is pinned to the ground -- Luigi Adamolli.
The cloaked hypocrites stepping on Caiaphas who is pinned to the ground -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Cloaked hypocrites stepping on Caiaphas who is secured to the ground with stakes -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
The cloaked hypocrites and the crucified Caiaphas -- Franz Staffen.
The cloaked hypocrites walking over a bridge under which is standing Caiaphas -- Dali.
The cloaked hypocrites and Caiaphas crucified on the stony ground -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Crucified Caiaphas -- Yan D'Argent.
Crucified Caiaphas -- after Doré.
Crucified Caiaphas with Dante and Virgil speaking with cloaked hypocrites in background -- Attilio Razzolini.
Caiaphas, crucified, viewed from his feet -- Barry Moser.
The hypocrites in gilded cloaks lined with
lead -- Sophia Giacomelli. ![]()
The hypocrites in gilded cloaks lined with lead -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The hypocrites in gilded cloaks lined with lead -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The hypocrites in gilded cloaks lined with lead -- Michael Mazur.
A cloaked hypocrite -- Benjamin Martinez.
Virgil shows Dante the broken bridge out of the bowge -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante and Virgil climbing out of the sixth bowge -- Michael Mazur.
Virgil encourages Dante -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
They reach the top; Dante is tired and Virgil exhorts him to go on -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Climbing out of the sixth bowge and the thieves stung by serpents -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Climbing out of the sixth bowge and the thieves stung by serpents -- Mar. 1520 ed.
Looking from the hypocrites' level to the thieves stung by serpents -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Walking among the thieves whose arms are bound as they are stung by serpents -- after Botticelli.
Walking among the thieves whose arms are bound as they are stung by serpents -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Walking among the thieves whose arms are bound as they are stung by serpents -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Thieves stung by serpents -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491.
Thieves stung by serpents -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Thieves stung by serpents -- Luigi Adamolli.
Thieves stung by serpents -- Giovanni Buffa.
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Thieves stung by serpents -- Yan D'Argent.
Thieves stung by serpents -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil look down upon thieves stung by serpents -- Attilio Razzolini.
Thieves stung by serpents -- Benjamin Martinez.
Thieves stung by serpents -- Franz Staffen.
Thieves stung by serpents -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Thieves stung by serpents wrapped around them; two flying foxes, one centaur -- Antony de Witt.
A giant standing over and above Dante, holding something in his hand -- Dali.
Vanni Fucci gesturing rudely at God -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Vanni Fucci gesturing rudely at God, a serpent is tied around his neck -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Vanni Fucci, among the serpents, gesturing rudely at God -- Luigi Adamolli.
"Fucci 'making the figs' against God" -- William Blake.
Making the "fig" -- Robert Turner.
Vanni Fucci fleeing from Cacus -- Attilio Razzolini.
Vanni Fucci fighting a serpent wrapped around his body -- Dali.
Vanni Fucci, wrapped by a serpent, gesturing rudely -- Barry Moser.
Vanni Fucci being devoured by serpents -- Franz Staffen.
Vanni Fucci is pursued by a centaur with a nest of serpents on his back -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Cacus, the centaur, with serpents writhing over him -- Yan D'Argent.
Cacus, the centaur, with serpents writhing over him; men struggling with serpents in the forefront -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Cacus, the centaur, with serpents writhing
over him -- Sophia Giacomelli. ![]()
Cacus, the centaur, with serpents of all sizes writhing over him -- Luigi Adamolli.
The piebald winged centaur Cacus, with a serpent on his back, pursues the thieves -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Thieves -- Tono Zancanaro.
The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- Benjamin Martinez.
"...how you change, Agnello!-already you are neither two nor one." -- Michael Mazur.
Cianfa, one of the thieves being attacked and blended with a snake -- Barry Moser.
"Bolgia of the thieves; their penance was to be changed from humans into snakes.' (three pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.
Calvalcante has a monster's head on a man's body; Buoso has a man's head on a monster's body -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Buoso talks to Guercio -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- 1520 Landino comm.
The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The reptiles and thieves are blended together -- after Doré.
A monster pursues Vanni Fucci -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Virgil helps Dante cross into the 8th valley -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107. (two images)
Dante leans over the bridge and sees the flames hiding the spirits-- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante and Virgil on the edge of the bridge, looking at the fraudulent within their flames -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante and Virgil on the edge of the bridge, looking at the fraudulent within their flames -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Dante and Virgil on the edge of the bridge, looking at the fraudulent within their flames -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Dante and Virgil on the edge of the bridge, looking at the fraudulent within their flames -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil on a plateau looking down upon the fraudulent within their flames -- A Razzolini.
Dante and Virgil on the edge of an archway looking at the large flames of the fraudulent -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
"Within the flames are spirits; each one here enfolds himself in what burns him" -- Michael Mazur.
At the twin flames of Ulysses and Diomede -- Nov. 1512 ed.
At the twin flames of Ulysses and Diomede -- 1520 Landino comm.
At the twin flames of Ulysses and Diomede -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The twin flames of Ulysses and Diomede (distorted faces) -- Barry Moser.
Ulysses tells the story of his travels by boat -- Domenico
Fabris. ![]()
Ulysses tells the story of his travels by boat -- Franz Staffen.
The fraudulent walk along, consumed by a tall flame -- Benjamin Martinez.
Dante & Virgil stand on an overlook and see Ulysses trapped in a giant flame -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
A beautiful centaur extending one of its arms -- Dali.
Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Dante and Virgil speak with Guido da Montefeltro who is surrounded by flames and smoke -- Attilio Razzolini.
Dante and Virgil speek with Guido da Montefeltro who appears
to be a large flame in the shape of a man -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
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Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- Michael Mazur.
Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- Franz Staffen.
Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Dante talks with Guido da Montefeltro, lighting strikes cut the image -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
The flames speak -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The flames speak -- 1520 Landino comm.
The flames speak -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The flames speak -- Benjamin Martinez.
The contention for the soul of Guido de Montefeltro between St. Francis and the black cherub -- Yan D'Argent.
The contention for the soul of Guido de Montefeltro between St. Francis and the black cherub -- after Flaxman.
St. Francis & the black cherub fight for
the soul of Guido de Montefeltro -- Sophia Giacomelli. ![]()
A snake figure with wings on its large head, eating its own tail; a stick emerges from a hole in its head -- Dali.
Leaning over the bridge to the 9th valley and seeing mutilated bodies -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Mahomet, split in half, speaks to Dante and Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.
"Mahomet" speaks to Dante and Virgil -- after Doré.
Mahomet approaches Dante and Virgil while the Sowers of Discord are smitten by a demon with a sword -- A Razzolini.
Muhammed holding open the sides of his chest cavity -- Barry Moser.
Muhammed holding open the sides of his chest cavity; headless man in the forefront -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Muhammed torn apart -- Benjamin Martinez.
Muhammed torn apart -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Muhammed torn apart, his body parts nailed to the ground, his flesh between his teeth -- Dali.
"Bolgia of the sowers of discord; sowers of schism abroad while they yet lived; therefore they now go split." (thirteen pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.
Leaning over the bridge to the 9th valley and seeing mutilated bodies -- after Doré.
"I distinctly saw, and still seem to see, a figure without a head walking about" -- Harry Bennett.
Dante sees a figure without a head walking around -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
"It carried by the hair its severed head"
-- Yan D'Argent. ![]()
"It carried by the hair its severed head"-- after Doré.
Bertrand de Born holding up his severed head behind the departing Dante and Virgil -- A Razzolini.
"It carried by the hair its severed head" -- Barry Moser.
Dante sees a figure without a head walking around -- Franz Staffen.
Dante and Virgil see figures without hands, arms and faces -- after Botticelli.
"The schismatics and sowers of discord: Mosca de'Lamberti and Bertrand de Born" -- William Blake.
People cut in half -- Tono Zancanaro.
Naumet [i.e. Muhammad] and other sowers of discord -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Naumet [i.e. Muhammad] and other sowers of discord -- 1520 Landino comm.
The sowers of discord have their bodies torn apart -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
"No barrel staved-in ...ever gaped as wide as the man I saw split open from his chin down to the farting-place" -- Michael Mazur.
"Mahomet" and other sowers of discord with their bodies torn open, winged demon hover over them -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Dante lingering over the sinners in the Ninth Bowge -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante lingering over the sinners in the Ninth Bowge -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Dante lingering over the sinners in the Ninth Bowge -- after Doré.
Dante lingering over the sinners in the Ninth Bowge -- Michael Mazur.
The leprous alchemists -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Dante looks down into the Tenth Bowge and sees the falsifiers -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil standing in the Tenth Bowge surrounded by falsifiers on the ground -- A Razzolini.
Falsifiers suffering from their painfull diseases -- after Botticelli.
The horrid diseases of the falsifiers -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The horrid diseases of the falsifiers -- 1520 Landino comm.
Circle 8, bolge 10: falsifiers' horrid diseases -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Diseases of the falsifiers -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Diseases of the falsifiers --after Doré.
Diseases of the falsifiers -- Domenico Fabris. ![]()
"Bolgia of the falsifiers; they are afflicted by the itch of loathsome diseases." (two pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.
The vale of diseases -- after Flaxman.
"I saw two propped against each other... from head to foot, spotted with scabs" -- Barry Moser.
A falsifier's body parts falling apart, his decapitated head in his palm -- Dali.
The carp (line 84) -- Barry Moser.
Two diseased spirits spotted with scabs -- Benjamin Martinez.
"I saw two propped against each other...and each, from head to foot, spotted with scabs;" -- Franz Staffen.
Those with disease lying down, dark lines like an inverted Aurora borealis above them -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
A group of men with distended bellies (line 136 ff.) -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Sick souls who could not lift themselves from
the ground -- Natale Faorzi. ![]()
Aretino and Capocchio -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Aretino and Capocchio -- 1520 Landino comm.
Gianni Schicchi attacks Capocchio -- Yan D'Argent.
Gianni Schicchi attacks Capocchio -- after Doré.
Aretino and Capocchio as two faces spilling over the ground, one biting the other's -- Dali.
Gianni Schicchi pulling Capocchio's hair -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Myrrha and Gianni Schicchi -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Myrrha and Gianni Schicchi in the background; tormented Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy in the foreground -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Griffolino speaks with Dante and Virgil surrounded by stricken falsifiers -- Attilio Razzolini.
Myrrha and Gianni Schicchi are pointed out
to Dante -- Sophia Giacomelli. ![]()
"That is the ancient spirit of the despicable Myrrha, who was in love, beyond the rightful love, with her father"-- Harry Bennett.
Myrrha and Gianni Schicchi -- Tono Zancanaro.
Gianni Schicchi -- Michael Mazur.
Gianni Schicchi being pointed out to Dante
-- Duilio Cambellotti. ![]()
Myrrha -- after Doré.
A lute (the description of one of the counterfeitors-- lines 45-51) -- Robert Turner.
Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy in a brawl -- Attilio Razzolini.
Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy -- Benjamin Martinez.
Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy -- Franz Staffen.
Adam of Brescia and Simon of Troy --Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Virgil rubukes Dante for becoming intent upon a quarrel between Sinon and Adam -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
The 9th circle: The well of the Giants; the freezing winds
-- Phoebe Traquair. ![]()
The city walls of Montereggione (lines 40-41) -- Robert Turner.
The giant Ephialtes in chains -- Attilio Razzolini.
The giant Ephialtes, chained at the wrist -- Barry Moser.
The giant Ephialtes -- Benjamin Martinez.
The giants Ephialtes and Antaeus -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus; Antaeus lifting Virgil and Dante -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus -- Nov. 1512 ed.
The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus -- 1520 Landino comm.
The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus -- Yan D'Argent.
The giants Nimrod, Ephialtes and Antaeus -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
A giant blowing a horn chained to his neck -- after Botticelli.
Hands of a giant lifting Dante and Virgil upwards -- Dali.
Nimrod -- after Doré.
The three giants -- after Doré.
The well at the bottom of Hell, surrounded by giants -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
The well at the bottom of Hell, surrounded by giants -- Michael Mazur.
Four giants, Nimrod, Ephialtes, Briareus and Antaeus, who hand circles Dante & Virgil -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Virgil asks Antaeus for help descending to the ninth circle -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Antaeus helping Dante and Virgil descend to the ninth circle -- Yan D'Argent.
Antaeus helping Dante and Virgil descend to the ninth circle -- Franz Staffen.
Antaeus lifts Virgil & Dante out of the
well -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua. ![]()
Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down gently in the next circle, other giants watch -- Luigi Adamolli.
Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down gently in
the next circle, other giants watch -- Chini. ![]()
Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down gently in the next circle -- after Doré.
Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down gently into the next circle -- Attilio Razzolini.
Antaeus sets Virgil and Dante down into the next circle --
Robert Traill Rose. ![]()
The frozen lake -- Michael Mazur.
The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- after Botticelli.
The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus --
1529 ed. ![]()
The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107. (this image is repeated)
The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- Yan D'Argent.
The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus, Dante and Virgil walking accross the lake -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- after Doré.
Dante & Virgil on a plateau looking down upon the traitors
in the frozen lake Cocytus -- Attilio Razzolini. ![]()
The traitors in the frozen lake Cocytus -- Benjamin Martinez.
"Cocytus; the treatcherous against blood ties are embedded in a afrozen lake." (five pictures) -- Rico Lebrun.
Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- 1520 Landino comm.
Dante seizes Bocca degli Abati in Antenora -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- after Doré.
Dante seizes the head of Bocca degli Abati -- Franz Staffen.
Dante seizes the hair of Bocca degli Abati whose head is protruding
from frozen ice -- François-Maurice Roganeau. ![]()
Dante pulling out the contorted head of Bocca degli Abati from a crack in the ground -- Dali.
The heads of traitors protrude from the frozen lake; Dante seizes Bocca degli Abati's head -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
"One sinner dug his teeth into the other" (line 128: shown of heads only) -- Barry Moser.
Dante and Virgil encounter a sinner chewing on the scalp of another -- Yan D'Argent.
Ugolino eating the
scalp of a fellow sinner -- Lapi. ![]()
Ugolino, frozen in ice, nibbling on the hair of a fellow sinner -- Luigi Adamolli.
Ugolino, frozen in ice, nibbling on the hair of a fellow sinner -- after Botticelli.
Ugolino, frozen in ice, eating the scalp of a fellow sinner, look up at Dante and Virgil -- Attilio Razzolini.
Dante and Virgil look down upon Ugolino in a pit eating the scalp of another sinner -- François-Maurice Roganeau.
Ugolino eating the scalp of a fellow sinner -- Michael Mazur.
Ugolino eating the scalp of a fellow sinner --Benjamin Martinez.
Ugolino eating the scalp of a fellow sinner -- Tono Zancanaro.
Ugolino holding the skull of a fellow sinner -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Ugolino struggling with a man whose brain he intends to eat -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Ugolino's head and torso in the background, in the forefront a green skull-shaped rock with ants crawling over it -- Dali.
Count Ugolino, Fra Alberigo and Archbp. Ruggieri degli Ubaldini -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Count Ugolino, Fra Alberigo and Archbp. Ruggieri degli Ubaldini -- 1520 Landino comm.
Count Ugolino, Fra Alberigo and Archbp. Ruggieri degli Ubaldini -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Count Ugolino recounting his story to Dante and Virgil -- Yan D'Argent.
Count Ugolino recounting his story to Dante and Virgil -- Franz Staffen.
Ugolino and his sons' in their prison cell -- Luigi Adamolli.
Count Ugolino recounting his sons' sacrifice of themselves -- after Doré.
Count Ugolino recounting his sons' sacrifice
of themselves -- Sophia Giacomelli. ![]()
Ugolino's son Gaddo begging for his father to save him -- Luigi Adamolli.
Count Ugolino's son Gaddo begging for his father to save him -- after Doré.
The descent from Antenora to Tolomea -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Dante speaking with Fra Alberigo -- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
The blind Count Ugolino groping among corpses
-- after Flaxman. ![]()
The blind Ugolino groping among corpses for his sons -- Luigi Adamolli.
The blind Count Ugolino groping among corpses -- after Doré.
The poets encounter traitors to their Lords frozen in ice -- Yan D'Argent.
The poets encounter Dis (Satan) -- Yan D'Argent.
The poets encounter Dis (Satan) -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil watching giant winged satan in ice eating Brutus, Cassius, and Judas -- Attilio Razzolini.
At the edge of the lake; Lucifer's wings are just visible -- Bib. nat. ms. Ital. 2107.
Three-headed Lucifer standing in ice up to his breast , traitors' legs sticking out of his mouths -- 1491 ed.
"The emperor of the woeful kingdom was standing in the ice up to his breast" -- Harry Bennett.
Lucifer standing in ice up to his breast - Cristoforo Dell'Acqua.
Dis, or Lucifer (head and shoulders) -- after Flaxman.
Lucifer -- William Blake.
Lucifer buried up to his chest in the ground looking powerless, two green legs sticking out of his single mouth, a bone splitting his skull open -- Dali.
The many-fanged, wolf-like Lucifer (head & shoulders only) -- Barry Moser.
Horned, winged Lucifer, two heads and one pair of legs sticking out of his mouth -- Antony de Witt.
Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouths -- Sophia Giacomelli.
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Three-headed Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouths, trapped souls show in the ice beneath Dante's feet -- Luigi Adamolli.
Three-headed Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouths, Dante and Virgil climbing across his chest, using the chest-hair as ropes -- after Botticelli.
Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth -- 1864 Milano after an ed. of 1491
Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth -- Franz Staffen.
Two headed Lucifer eating Brutus, Cassius and Judas while Dante
and Virgil clamber along his body -- François-Maurice Roganeau. ![]()
Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth -- Michael Mazur.
Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth -- Tono Zancanaro.
Lucifer with Brutus, Cassius and Judas in his mouth; his massive wings form the background -- Gilippo G. Macchiavelli.
Lucifer stabbing a trident into the ice, while eating Brutus, Cassius and Judas; Lucifer's wings form the background of the image -- Stefana Mrozewskiego.
Lucifer eating Judas Escariot -- Nov. 1512 ed.
Lucifer eating Judas Escariot -- 1520 Landino comm.
Lucifer eating Judas Escariot -- Giorgio Kienerk.
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Lucifer's head protruding into Judecca -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Lucifer's feet sticking into the center of the Earth -- 1544 Marcolini ed.
Lucifer's feet sticking into the center of
the Earth -1555. ![]()
Dante and Virgil emerging from Hell -- Yan D'Argent.
Dante and Virgil emerging from Hell -- after Doré.
Dante and Virgil emerge from Hell and see the stars -- Benjamin Martinez.
Dante and Virgil emerge from Hell and see the stars -- Michael Mazur.
Dante and Virgil see the stars -- after Doré.
1547 Portrait
Bust from Dante's deathmask (1862) ![]()
Photo of Dante's deathmask (1898) ![]()
François-Maurice Roganeau's (1912) ![]()
Barry Moser's (1980)
Benjamin Martinez's version (1985)
Giovanni Andrea's version (1516)
1568 version
German translation (1920)
Robert Turner's version (1996)