The Angel of Justice Shows Dante, Virgil, and Statius the Way Upward

The Angel of Justice Erases a P from Dante’s Forehead, the Homage of Statius – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)

The Angel of Justice, Statius’ Explanation, Stairs to the Sixth Terrace – Federico Zuccari (1586)

The Angel Removes Another P from Dante’s Forehead – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)

The Angel of Justice – Niccolo Tommaseo (1908)

Dante, Statius, and Virgil – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1340)
Statius’ Conversion to Christianity

Statius Talks about His Life and Conversion – Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48 (ca. 1368)

Statius Explains That He Was a Prodigal – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276 (ca. 1385)

Virgil Asks Statius How He Could Have Been among the Avaricious Sinners – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)

Statius Honors Virgil – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276 (ca. 1385)
Notable Figures Mentioned in the Conversation Between Virgil and Statius

Jocasta

Clio, Muse of History – Johannes Moreelse (1617)

Saint Peter the Fisherman – 6th cent. Byzantine Mosaic

Mount Parnassus

Parnassus – Rafael Sanzio (1511)

Juvenal – S. H. Gimber (1837)

Terence – Museo Vaticana

Plautus – 18th cent. engraving

Caecilius

Varro

Persius

Homer

Euripides

Antiphon

Simonides of Ceos

Agathon of Athens

Antigone and Ismene – 19th cent. line engraving

Thetis Massimo

Deidamia

Hypsipyle Finds Opheltes Killed by a Snake – Karl Becker (1820-1900)
Arrival at the Terrace of the Gluttons

Gluttony – Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana – Carta 158r (ca. 1335)

Ascent to the Terrace of the Gluttons, Conversations with Statius, Penance of the Gluttons – Sandro Botticelli (ca. 1485)
Virgil and Statius Discuss Poetry

Virgil and Statius Discuss Poetry, Dante Follows Behind – Morgan Library Florentine MS 1345 (ca. 1350)

Virgil and Statius Discuss Poetry, Dante Follows Listening – Morgan Library Florentine MS 1345 (ca. 1350)

Dante Walks Behind Virgil and Statius Listening to Them Talk about Poetry – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)

Dante Follows Virgil and Statius as They Discuss Poetry – Vittorio Alinari, ed., Florence (1902)
The Tree in the Road

The Tree of Temperance – Artist Unknown (mid 14th cent.)

Dante, Virgil, and Statius Before the Inverted (First) Tree – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)

The Tree of the Gluttons – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1340)

The Voice in the Great Tree – Morgan Library Florentine MS 1345 (ca. 1350)

Encounter with the Gluttons at the First Tree – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)

Dante, Virgil, and Statius Arrive at the First Tree – Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48 (ca. 1368)

Statius Explains His Conversion, Arrival at the First Tree in the Road – Biblioteque de l’Arsenal, Paris (1380)

They Come to the First Tree in the Road – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276 (ca. 1385)

Statius Explains That He Was not a Prodigal, the First Tree on the Road – Bonino de Boninis (1467)

The First Tree on the Terrace of Gluttony – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)

On the Terrace of Gluttony, the First Tree – Master of the Pliny of Pico della Mirandola (1491)

The Tree of the Gluttons – Christopher Dall’ Acqua (1734-1787)

On the Terrace of Gluttony, the First Tree – Artist Unknown – Antonio Zata, ed., Venice (1757)

Region of Intemperance – John Flaxman (1793)

On the Terrace of Gluttony, the First Tree – Bartolomeo Pinelli (1824)

Dante, Virgil, and Statius Come to the First Tree on the Terrace of the Gluttons – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)

The Gluttons and the Fruit-Laden Tree – G.G. Macchiavelli (1896)

The First Fruit-Filled Tree – Niccolo Tommaseo (1908)

The First Tree on the Terrace of Gluttony – Amos Nattini (ca. 1915-1939)

The Gluttons at the Tree – Carlo Wostry (1865–1943)

The First Tree on the Terrace of the Gluttonous – Tancredi Scarpelli (1932)
A Voice Calls Out Examples of Temperance

Icon of Mary at the Wedding Feast

Roman Matrons – Ancient Fresco

Daniel among the Lions – Catacomb Drawing, Rome

The Golden Age – Cole Thomas (1836)

The Golden Age – Salvador Dali (mid 20th cent.)

John the Baptist in the Desert – El Greco (1600)