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Dante's Divine Comedy

18 images

Watercolor of a nude giant leaning from a rocky cliff to set two small figures on the ground, against a dark blue sky and sea.Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of HellWatercolor of a red-robed man crouching on a hillside as a white-robed woman floats above; a lion, a wolf-like beast and a leopard prowl nearby under a sunrise.Dante Running from the Three BeastsPainting of two robed figures in a misty dark landscape, surrounded by nude bodies half-submerged in pale icy water.Dante and Virgil in the Ninth Circle of HellWatercolor of a tall woman in robes standing above a winged griffin, with a pale figure reaching up and swirling colorful forms below.Beatrice Addressing Dante from the Car, Blake watercolorEtching of two robed figures riding a scaly serpent-bodied monster with a bearded human face and clawed arms, against a cloudy background.Virgil and Dante riding Geryon through Hell, etching by Pinelli, 1825Engraving of six bearded men in period robes around a table with a book, lamp and globe; name panels run along the bottom edge.Six Italian Men of Letters, Engraving after VasariBrown engraving of two hooded figures on a rocky ledge above nude figures sprawled among rocks, with a dark mountain and swirling clouds in the sky.The Circle of the Falsifiers, Dante and Virgil (Blake, 1827)Etching of two robed figures on a frozen plain looking down at a head rising from the ice, with half-buried bodies and a dark streaked sky.The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli AbbateEngraving of a dying man in bed with kneeling clergy, angels carrying a soul upward on the left, and flames and tormented figures in hell on the right.Allegory of a Death Bed: Blessed Dying and a Sinner's DeathWatercolor of two bearded men in pink and blue clouds reaching toward each other, with a pale nude figure below among radiating rays of light.Two Bearded Figures in Clouds with a Falling Nude, WatercolorEtching of a devil struggling over a corpse before a robed saint with a halo, angels above in Gothic arches, and mourners in the background.Devil and St Francis Struggle for the Soul of Guido da MontefeltroDark painting of two robed figures standing in a boat among nude, struggling bodies in churning water, with a glowing city under a smoky sky.Dante's BarkPale nude woman with flowing hair rises through swirling grey drapery against a dark brown background, drawn in white highlights.Paolo and Francesca da Rimini in HellEtching of an interior: a sleeping man in a chair, a woman in a gown gesturing toward two armed men near a draped archway and a lamp on a table.Beatrice Cenci and Lucrezia urge two men to kill Count CenciEtching of winged devils gathered at a table over a large sheet, with two robed laurel-crowned men watching on the right and figures in clouds above.Pinelli etching: Virgil and Dante watching devils examine a plateLoose painted study of a woman in white holding flowers by a stream under blossoming trees, with a kneeling figure in red-brown at right.Study for Dante and MatildaPen and brown ink drawing of a dead Christ supported by figures, with angels and souls in an arched composition.Death of Christ Redeeming Souls from PurgatoryDark painted scene of three women in a garden: one seated with a fan, one in a white dress and feathered hat by a stone pedestal, and one in shadow at left.Hero, Ursula and Beatrice