Aligheri Collection

Thence issuing we again beheld the stars, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The beautiful lights of heav n dawn d through a circular opening in the cave: thus issuing we again beheld the stars, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil emerge from Hell, and see the stars

We to those beasts, that rapid strode along, drew near, when Chiron took an arrow forth, c1890. Chiron, leader of the centaurs

Dante and Virgil with three-headed monster, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham
Dante and Virgil with three-headed monster, 1951. Design for illustration to Dantes " Divine Comedy"

Now was the day departing, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Now was the day departing, and the air, imbrown d with shadows, from their toils released, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

Circle of Theives: Agnello Brunelleschi Attacked By a Six-Footed Serpent, from Dan... ca
Circle of Theives: Agnello Brunelleschi Attacked By a Six-Footed Serpent, from Dantes Inferno, Canto XXVV, ca. 1825-27

Beata Beatrix, 1877. Creators: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown
Beata Beatrix, 1877. Also: Blessed Beatrice. A young woman is shown seated and half length at the moment of suspension between life and death

The Circle of Corrupt Officials: The Devils Tormenting Ciampolo, from Dantes Inferno, Canto XXII, ca. 1825-27

The Circle of Traitors: Dantes Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate, from Dantes Inferno, Canto XXXII, ca. 1825-27

Dante and Virgil, 1857. Creator: Edgar Degas
Dante and Virgil, 1857

Florentine Poet, 1861. Creator: Alexandre Cabanel
Florentine Poet, 1861

Copy after Delacroixs Bark of Dante, ca. 1859. Creator: Edouard Manet
Copy after Delacroixs " Bark of Dante", ca. 1859

Dante, (c1265-1321), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Dante, (c1265-1321), 1830. Dante Alighieri (c1265-1321) Italian poet known for his Divine Comedy, with its depictions of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven

Dante Alighieri, ( c1265 -1321), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Dante Alighieri, ( c1265 -1321), 1890

Dantes House, Florence, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Dantes House, Florence, 1890. Casa di Dante was the birthplace of Dante Alighieri (c1265 -1321), Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages, best known for his Divine Comedy

Dante and Beatrice, 1492-1495, (1943). Creator: Sandro Botticelli
Dante and Beatrice, 1492-1495, (1943). Illustration to " The Divine Comedy" (La divina commedia) by Dante Alighieri. Drawing in the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin

Dante in Purgatory Sees The Vision of Beatrice, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Dante in Purgatory Sees The Vision of Beatrice, c1930. Italian author Dante Alighieri and the Roman poet Virgil looking at a vision Beatrice Portinari

This proud one would of his strength against almighty Jove make trial, c1890
" This proud one would of his strength against almighty Jove make trial, " said my guide; " whence he is thus requited: Ephialtes him they call", c1890

By that hidden way my guide and I did enter, to return to the fair world, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil emerge from Hell, and see the dawn on Easter Sunday morning

Then, fasting got the mastery of grief, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Then, fasting got the mastery of grief", c1890. Count Ugolino, his sons and grandsons condemned to death by starvation in the Torre dei Gualandi

That sprite of air is Schicchi; in like mood of random mischief vents he still his spite, c1890

Lo! he exclaimed, lo Dis!, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Lo!" he exclaimed, " lo Dis!: and lo! the place, where thou hast need to arm thy heart with strength", c1890

Yet in the abyss, that Lucifer with Judas low ingulfs, lightly he placed us, c1890. Antaeus the giant lowers Dante and the Roman poet Virgil to the final level of Hell

The crust came drawn from underneath in flakes, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The crust came drawn from underneath in flakes, like scales scraped from the bream, or fish of broader mail, c1890

He, soon as there I stood at the tombs foot, ey d me a space, then in disdainful mood address d me: " Say, what ancestors were thine?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

He answer thus return d: The arch-heretics are here, c1890. Creator
He answer thus return d: " The arch-heretics are here", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

The guide, who mark d how I did gaze attentive, thus began: " Within these ardours are the spirits, each swath d in confining fire", c1890

And straight the trunk exclaim d, Why pluck st thou me?, c1890. Creator
And straight the trunk exclaim d, " Why pluck st thou me?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter men who who have been transformed into trees

Now seest thou, son! The souls of those, whom anger overcame, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

Then, not to make them sadder, I kept down my spirit in stillness, c1890
" Then, not to make them sadder, I kept down my spirit in stillness", c1890. Count Ugolino, his sons and grandsons condemned to death by starvation in the Torre dei Gualandi

That pierced spirit... was he who gave the Pharisees council, c1890. Creator
" That pierced spirit, whom intent thou view st, was he who gave the Pharisees council, that it were fitting for one man to suffer for the people", c1890

New terror I conceived at the steep plunge, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
New terror I conceived at the steep plunge, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil ride on the back of Geryon, the Monster of Fraud

Sir! Brunetto! And are ye here?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Sir! Brunetto! And are ye here?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil meet Dantes tutor and guardian, Brunetto Buanaccorso Latini, in a firestorm

Love brought us to one death: Caina waits the soul, who split our life, c1890. Creator
Love brought us to one death: Caina waits the soul, who split our life, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

O senseless spirit! let thy horn for thee interpret, c1890. Creator
" O senseless spirit! let thy horn for thee interpret: therewith vent thy rage, if rage or other passion wring thee", c1890

Bard ! willingly I would address those two together coming, which seem so light before the wind, c1890

And, lo ! Towards us in a bark comes an old man, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
And, lo ! Towards us in a bark comes an old man, c1890. Charon, ferryman of the dead

Onward he moved, I close his steps pursued, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Onward he moved, I close his steps pursued, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

A lion came, gainst me as it appear d, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
A lion came, gainst me as it appear d, with his head held aloft, and hunger-mad, c1890

Not more furiously on Menalippus temples Tydeus gnawed, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Not more furiously on Menalippus temples Tydeus gnawed, than on that skull and on its garbage he, c1890

Then Geddo at my feet outstretch d did fling him, crying, Hast no help for me my father
" Then Geddo at my feet outstretch d did fling him, crying, Hast no help for me my father! ", c1890

Then seizing on his hinder scalp, I cried: Name thee, or not a hair shall tarry here
Then seizing on his hinder scalp, I cried: " Name thee, or not a hair shall tarry here", c1890

Take good heed, thy soles do tread not on the heads of thy poor brethren, c1890
" Look how thou walkest. Take good heed, thy soles do tread not on the heads of thy poor brethren", c1890

Tuscan... disdain not to instruct us who thou art, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Tuscan, who visitest the college of the mourning hypocrites, disdain not to instruct us who thou art", c1890

Scarcely had his feet reach d to the lowest of the bed beneath, c1890. Creator
Scarcely had his feet reach d to the lowest of the bed beneath, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

But the other proved a goshawk... and in the boiling lake both fell, c1890. Creator
But the other proved a goshawk able to rend well his foe; and in the boiling lake both fell, c1890. Two demons fall into a lake of molten pitch

Why greedily thus bendest more on me?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Why greedily thus bendest more on me, than on these other filthy ones, thy ken?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Alessio Interminei of Lucca immers d in ordure

Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Naked sinners are lashed by demons

Forthwith that image vile of fraud appear d, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Forthwith that image vile of fraud appear d, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the fell monster with the deadly sting

Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, ...to shake off the heat, still falling fresh, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil witness the damned afflicted by flakes of fire

One cried from far: Say to what pain ye come condemn d, c1890. Creator
One cried from far: " Say to what pain ye come condemn d, who down this steep have journied? Speak from whence ye stand, or else the bow I draw", c1890

And there at point of the disparted ridge lay stretch d the infamy of Crete, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the Minotaur

Haste now, the foremost cried, now haste thee death!, c1890
" Haste now, " the foremost cried, " now haste thee death!", c1890. Men who who have been transformed into trees

From the profound abyss, behind the lid of a great monument we stood retired, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil shelter in craggy rocks and try to avoid the horrible excess of fetid exhalation

Here the brute Harpies make their nest, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Here the brute Harpies make their nest, c1890. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno), the first part of " The Divine Comedy" (La divina commedia) by Dante Alighieri

Mark thou each dire Erynnis, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Mark thou each dire Erynnis, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the Erinyes: three hellish furies stain d with blood

I could not hear what terms he offer d them, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
I could not hear what terms he offer d them, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil land on the far bank of the river Styx

My teacher sage aware, thrusting him back, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Then stretch d he forth hands to the bark; whereof my teacher sage aware, thrusting him back: " Away! down there To the other dogs!", c1890

Soon as both embark d, cutting the waves, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Soon as both embark d, cutting the waves, goes on the ancient prow, more deeply than with others it is wont, c1890

To the gate he came, and with his wand touch d it, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
To the gate he came, and with his wand touch d it, whereat open without impediment it flew, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil pass through the gate of Dis

Not all the gold, that is beneath the moon or ever hath been, of these toil-worn souls Might purchase rest for one, c1890. The damned struggling to push heavy weights uphill

Curs d wolf ! Thy fury inward on thyself prey, and consume thee!, c1890. Creator
Curs d wolf ! Thy fury inward on thyself prey, and consume thee!, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

Thy city heap d with envy to the brim, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Thy city heap d with envy to the brim, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

Then my guide, his palms expanding on the ground, c1890. Creator: Gustave DorA©
Then my guide, his palms expanding on the ground, thence filled with earth, rais d them, and cast it in his ravenous maw, c1890

I through compassion fainting, seem d not far from death, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
I through compassion fainting, seem d not far from death, and like a corpse fell to the ground, c1890

In its leaves that day we read no more, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The book and writer both were loves purveyors. In its leaves that day we read no more, c1890. Paolo and Francesca, the adulterous lovers

The stormy blast of hell with restless fury drives the spirits on, c1890. Creator
The stormy blast of hell with restless fury drives the spirits on, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil, watching souls in torment

There Minos stands, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
There Minos stands, grinning with ghastly feature: he, of all who enter, strict examining the crimes, gives sentence, and dismisses them beneath, c1890

Only so far afflicted, that we live desiring without hope, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

So I beheld united the bright school of him the monarch of sublimest song, c1890
So I behold united the bright school of him the monarch of sublimest song, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

E en in like manner Adams evil brood, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
E en in like manner Adams evil brood, cast themselves one by one down from the shore, c1890. The dead crossing the river Styx to Hell

All hope abandon, ye who enter here, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
All hope abandon, ye who enter here, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil enter Hell

I, who now bid thee on this errand forth, am Beatrice, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
I, who now bid thee on this errand forth, am Beatrice, c1890. Dante and Beatrice

He, soon as he saw that I was weeping, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
He, soon as he saw that I was weeping, answer d, " Thou must needs another way pursue, if thou wouldst scape from out that savage wilderness", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

Scarce the ascent began, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Scarce the ascent began, when, lo! a panther, nimble, light. And cover d with a speckled skin, appear d, c1890

In the midway of this our mortal life, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
In the midway of this our mortal life, c1890. Dante in a wood

Portrait of Dante Alighieri, (c1890). Creator: Gustave Doré
Portrait of Dante Alighieri, (c1890)

Flames raining down, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham
Flames raining down, 1951. Design for illustration to Dantes " Divine Comedy"

Dante and Virgil with giant, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham
Dante and Virgil with giant, 1951. Design for illustration to Dantes " Divine Comedy"

Two deformed heads (the figure on the left is possibly a caricature of Dante), 1645

Dante Drawing the Angel, 1853, (c1912). Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Drawing the Angel, 1853, (c1912). Dante drawing an Angel on the Anniversary of Beatrices Death, painting in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Dante Aligheri - Dante and Beatrice in the Garden, c1925. Artist: Cesar Saccagi
Dante Aligheri - Dante and Beatrice in the Garden, c1925. Dante Alighieri, (1265-1321), Italian poet. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler

Dantes Dream, 1871, (c1912). Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dantes Dream, 1871, (c1912). Painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Depiction of a passage from La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Beata Beatrix, c1864-1870, (c1912). Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Beata Beatrix, c1864-1870, (c1912). Painting in the Tate Gallery, London

Dante, (19th century). Victorian imagining of Italian poet and author Dante Alighieri (c1265-1321) in Florence. Engraving from a drawing in the collection of H.J.Turner Esq, Hamilton Terrace, St

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"Journey through the Inferno: Dante and Virgil Encounter Aligheri's Nightmarish World" In this captivating artwork by Shirley Markham, we witness the iconic duo of Dante and Virgil facing a fearsome three-headed monster. Inspired by Dante Alighieri's epic poem "The Divine Comedy, " this scene depicts their perilous journey through the depths of Hell. Gustave Doré's masterful illustrations from 1890 further immerse us in Aligheri's dark realm. As they progress, our heroes draw near to menacing beasts, only to be saved by Chiron wielding his arrow. The vivid imagery transports us into the heart of their treacherous quest. As day turns to night, Gustave Doré once again captures the atmosphere with his evocative artistry. We can almost feel the fading light as our protagonists continue their harrowing descent into damnation. Moving forward, we encounter Agnello Brunelleschi under attack from a six-footed serpent in an illustration that showcases both terror and artistic brilliance. This depiction perfectly encapsulates one of many circles within Hell where sinners face unimaginable punishments for their transgressions. Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown present us with "Beata Beatrix, " a hauntingly beautiful painting inspired by Aligheri's muse Beatrice Portinari. It serves as a reminder that amidst darkness, there is still room for love and beauty even in such desolate surroundings. The Circle of Corrupt Officials torments Ciampolo while Dantes' foot strikes Bocca degli Abbate in another chilling portrayal of punishment within Hell's confines. These scenes highlight Aligheri's condemnation of corruption and betrayal, serving as cautionary tales for all who read his work. Edgar Degas takes us on yet another visual journey alongside Dante and Virgil in his mesmerizing artwork from 1857.