Dante in a Trance

Dante Walking in a Trance – Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48 (ca. 1368)

Examples of Wrath – Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Ital. 108 (1375)

Dante’s Three Visions of Anger – Federico Zuccari (1586)

Dante’s Ecstatic Experience – Artist unknown – Antonio Zata, ed., Venice (1757)

The Choir – John Flaxman (1793)

Dante’s Ecstatic Visions – Vittorio Alinari, ed., Florence (1902)
Dante’s Vision of Procne

The Story of Procne – Biblioteque de l’Arsenal, Paris (1380)

Procne hands the head of her son to Tereus – Peter Paul Rubens (1636)

Philomela Hurls Her Son’s Head into the King’ Face (18th Cent – Artist Unknown)

Dante sees Procne Murder Her Child – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Dante’s Vision of Ester, Mordecai, and Haman

Ahasuerus and Haman at Esther’s Feast – Rembrandt van Rijn (1660)

Esther and Mordecai – Aert de Gelder, 1674

Example of Wrath, the Crucifixion of Haman – Morgan Library Florentine MS 1345 (ca 1350)

The Crucifixion of Haman – Biblioteque de l’Arsenal, Paris (1380)

The Crucifixion of Haman – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276 (ca. 1385)

The Crucifixion of Haman – Anonymous 15th cent. Illumination

Dante Sees the Crucifixion of Haman – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Dante’s Vision of Amata and Lavinia

The Mourning of Lavinia – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1340)

Lavinia and Amata – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276 (ca. 1385)

Alecto Maddens Queen Amata – Master of Gruninger Workshop – 1529

Aeneas and Lavinia – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1753)

Dante Sees Amata’s Suicide – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Dante and Virgil Encounter the Angel of Mercy

Apparition of the Angel of Mercy – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)

The Angel of Meekness – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1340)

The Angel Invites Dante and Virgil to Ascend – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)

The Angel of Mercy Shows the Way up – Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48 (ca. 1368)

The Angel of Mercy – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276 (ca. 1385)

The Angel of Mercy – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)

The Angel of Mercy – Bartolomeo Pinelli (1824)

A Bright Angel Shows Dante and Virgil the Way up to the Terrace of Sloth – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)

The Angel of Mercy – G.G. Macchiavelli (1896)

The Angel of Peace – Niccolo Tommaseo (1908)

The Angel of Mercy – Amos Nattini (ca. 1915-1939)

The Angel Erases Another P from Dante’s Forehead – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Ascent to the Terrace of Sloth

Dante and Virgil Climb to the Terrace of Sloth – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)

The Stairs to the Fourth Terrace – Federico Zuccari (1586)
Virgil’s Discourse on Love

Virgil Speaks to Dante about Love – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1340)

Dante’s Visions, Virgil Speaks about Love – Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Ital. 108 (1375)

Virgil Speaks to Dante about Love – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276 (ca. 1385)

Dante Speaks with Dante about Love – Bonino de Boninis (1467)

Virgil Speaks to Dante about Love – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)

Ascent to Terrace of Sloth, Virgil’s Lessons on the Nature of Love and the Structure of Purgatory – Sandro Botticelli (ca. 1485)

Virgil Speaks to Dante on Love – Master of the Pliny of Pico della Mirandola (1491)

Virgil Explains to Dante the Order of Purgatory, Based on Love – Federico Zuccari (1586)