Ornate Opening Page – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)
Dante and the “Boat” of His Poem – Medieval Illustrations
First Page of the Purgatorio – Priamo della Quercia (ca. 1450)
Illumination on the First Page of the Purgatorio – Priamo della Quercia (ca. 1450)
Dante Holding the “Boat” of His Poem – Medieval Manuscript Illumination
Dante with Virgil in the “Boat” of His Poem – Codice Miniato da Simone Camaldolese (1398)
Dante (and Virgil) Raises the Sails of his Poetic Ship – Medieval Manuscript Illustration
The “Ship” of Dante’s Poem – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)
Dante (with Virgil) Raises the Sails of his Ship – Medieval Manuscript Illustration
Invocation of Caliope and the Muses
Caliope – Charles Meynier (1798)
Apollo and the Muses – Antonio Zucchi (1767)
Magpies
Metamorphosis of the Pierides – Antonio Tempesta (1606)
Pierides Turned into Magpies – Sébastien Leclerc (1676)
Emergence from Hell
Dante and Virgil Emerge from Hell – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)
Dante and Virgil Emerge from Hell – Morgan Library Florentine MS 1345 (ca. 1350)
Leaving Hell (colored drawing) – Alessandro Vellutello (1544)
Dante and Virgil Leaving Hell – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)
The Island Plain, Mountain of Purgatory, and Meeting with Cato (late 15th cent.) – Sandro Botticelli
Emerging from Hell – Federico Zuccari (1586)
Dante and Virgil Emerge from Hell – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Dante and Virgil Emerge from Hell – Gustave Dore (1868)
Dante and Virgil Emerge from Hell (colorized) – Gustave Dore (1868)
The sky and stars of the first morning in Purgatory
Dante and Virgil see the Morning Stars – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)
Dante and Virgil Emerge from Hell – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)
Dante and Virgil Emerge from Hell and See the Stars – 14th cent Neopolitan Manuscript Illustration MS 19587, f. 60r), ca. 1370
Dante and Virgil Emerge from Hell and Look at the Sky. Dante Kneels Before Cato – Palatine Manuscript Biblioteca Nazionale Firenze
Arrival in Purgatory, Meeting Cato, Cleansing Dante – Master of the Pliny of Pico della Mirandola (1491)
General Arrival Scenes – Federico Zuccari (1586)
Cantos 1-3 Together: Arrival at Purgatory, Cato, Cleansing Dante, the Boat of Souls, Casella, Cato’s Rebuke, Meeting Manfred, Climbing (drawing) – Alessandro Vellutello (1544)
Various Scenes at the Beginning of the Purgatorio – Medieval Manuscript Illustration
Horizon with Venus
Venus in the Constellation of Pices
The Constellation of Crux
Dante and Virgil See the Morning Stars – Gustave Dore (1868)
Dante and Virgil See the Morning Stars (colorized) – Gustave Dore (1868)
The Poets Behold the Beauty of Venus – Gustave Dore (1868)
The Poets Behold the Beauty of Venus (colorized) – Gustave Dore (1868)
Virgil Points to the Stars as They Arrive at Purgatory – Niccolo Tommaseo (1908)
The encounter with Cato
The Death of Cato – Giambattista Langetti (1655)
The Death of Cato – Guillaume Guillon-Lethière 1760-1832
Dante and Virgil Speak with Cato – Medieval Manuscript Letter
Meeting Cato – Medieval Illustration
Encounter with Cato – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)
The Encounter with Cato – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276
Dante and Virgil with Cato – Medieval Illustration – Pisa (1390)
Appearance of Cato – Morgan Library Florentine MS 1345 (ca. 1350)
Encounter with Cato – Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España – Carta 35r
Dante, Virgil, and Cato – Codice Miniato da Simone Camaldolese – Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana – Florence
Dante and Virgil Meet Cato – Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Carta 82r
The Apparition of Cato – Egerton 943 Manuscript (mid 14th cent.)
Dante and Virgil Meet Cato – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)
Dante and Virgil Meet Cato – Biblioteque de l’Arsenal, Paris (late 14th cent.)
Dante and Virgil Encounter Cato – Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48
Scenes from Canto 1 – Medieval Illustration, ca. 1337
Emerging from Hell, Encounter with Cato, the Stars, Cleansing Dante – Bonino de Boninis (1467)
The Encounter with Cato – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)
Encounter with Cato – Federico Zuccari (1586)
Encounter with Cato, Washing and Wrapping Dante (colored drawing) – Alessandro Vellutello (1544)
Dante, Virgil, and Cato by Filippo Rizzi (1727-1800)
Dante, Virgil, and Cato by Filippo Rizzi (colorized) (1727-1800)
The Mountain of Probation – John Flaxman (1793)
Dante Kneels before Cato – Filippo Bigioli (1798-1878)
The Apparition of Cato – G.G. Macchiavelli (1806)
The Appearance of Cato – Luigi Ademollo (1817)
Dante, Virgil, and Cato – William Blake (1824)
The Appearance of Cato – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Dante Kneels Before Cato – Gustave Dore (1868)
Dante Kneels Before Cato (colorized) – Gustave Dore (1868)
Encounter with Cato – Early 20th cent. Italian Postcard
Dante Kneels Before Cato – Early 20th cent. Italian Postcard
Encounter with Cato – Vittorio Alinari, ed., Florence 1902
The Apparition of Cato – Amos Nattini – (ca. 1915-1939)
Virgil washes Dante’s face and binds him with a reed
Virgil Girds Dante with a Reed – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)
Virgil Cleanses Dante – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)
Virgil Washes Dante’s Face – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)
Virgil Washes Dante’s Face – Medieval Illustration – Pisa 1420
Virgil Picking a Reed to Put Around Dante’s Waist – Egerton 943 Manuscript (mid 14th cent.)
Virgil Washes Dante’s Face and Binds Him with a Reed – Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48
Virgil Washes Dante’s Face – Medieval Illustration – Venice. Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
Virgil Binds a Reed Around Dante’s Waist – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)
Virgil Washes and Wraps Dante – Federico Zuccari (1586)
Virgil Cleanses Dante – Bartolomeo Pinelli (1824)
Virgil Washes and Binds Dante with a Reed – William Blake (1824)
Virgil Prepares to Wash Dante’s Face – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Virgil Binds Dante with a Reed – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Canto 1: The Reign of the Penitents – Salvador Dali (mid 20th cent.)