Art For Purgatorio Canto 4

Climbing, Resting, Virgil’s Astronomical Observations – Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48 (ca. 1360)

Virgil Encourages Dante up the Steep Climb – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)

Beginning to Climb the Mountain – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)

Virgil Urges Dante to Continue the Journey – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)

Dante and Virgil Climb the Path Pointed Out by the Souls – Biblioteca Marciana Venezia

The Souls Show Dante and Virgil Where to Begin Their Climb – Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Ital. 108 (late 14th cent.)

Climbing the Mountain of Purification – Egerton 943 Manuscript (mid 14th cent.)

Dante and Virgil Climbing up the Mountain – Luca Signorelli – Duomo, Orvieto (1450-1523)

The Souls Show Dante and Virgil the Way up the Mountain – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)

Rocky Base of the Mountain, Virgil and Dante Begin Their Ascent, Penance of Late Penitents – Sandro Botticelli (late 15th cent.)

Starting to Climb – Federico Zuccari (1586)

Climbing and Resting – Federico Zuccari (1586)

Dante and Virgil Rest – Federico Zuccari (1586)

The Assent of the Mountain of Purgatory – William Blake (1824)

Rest on the Way up the Mountain – William Blake (1824)

Virgil Encourages the Tired Dante to Keep Climbing – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)

Virgil Leads Dante up the Rugged Mountainside – Gustave Dore – (1868)

Virgil Leads Dante up the Rugged Mountainside (colorized)- Gustave Dore – (1868)

Climbing the Steep Mountain – Domenico Mastroianni – (early-mid-20th cent.)

Mount Bismantova

The Starry Sky – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)

Virgil Explains to Dante the Course of the Sun – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)

Dante and Virgil Resting after the Initial Climb, Virgil Explains the Position of the Sun – Egerton 943 Manuscript (mid 14th cent.)

Virgil Makes Astronomical Observations – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)

Resting after the First Climb, Virgil Makes Astronomical Observations – Biblioteque de l’Arsenal, Paris (late 14th cent.)

Stars of the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear (detail) – Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante and Virgil Rest, Virgil Offers Some Astronomical Data – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)

Zodiac from Purgatory

Zodiac as Seen at Sunrise from Purgatory

The Constellation of the Bears

The Constellation of Aries

The Constellation of Gemini

Virgil Explains the Course of the Sun, Lazy Souls and Belacqua – Biblioteca Marciana (ca. 1385)

Encounter with Belacqua and the Indolent souls – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)

Belacqua and the Souls of the Indolent – Egerton 943 Manuscript (mid 14th cent.)

Indolent Souls, Belacqua – Morgan Library Florentine MS 1345 (ca. 1350)

Dante and Virgil Encounter Lazy Souls and Belacqua – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)

Dante and Virgil speak with Belacqua – British Library (1370)

Encounter with Belacqua – Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48 (ca. 1375)

Dante and Virgil Resting, Belacqua – Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Ital. 108 (ca. 1375)

Lazy Souls, Belacqua – Biblioteque de l’Arsenal, Paris (late 14th cent.)

Lazy Souls and Belacqua – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276 (ca. 1385)

Climbing the Mountain, Lazy Souls, Belacqua – Bonino de Boninis (1467)

Lazy Souls and Belacqua – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)

Lazy Souls, Belacqua – Master of the Pliny of Pico della Mirandola (1491)

Cantos 4-6 – Lazy Souls, Belacqua, Souls Asking for Prayers, Meeting Sordello (drawing) – Alessandro Vellutello (1544)

Lazy Souls – Federico Zuccari (1586)

Dante and Virgil Talk with Belacqua – Felippo Marchagi (ca. 1757)

The Negligent – John Flaxman (1793)

Lazy Souls, Belacqua – Bonaventura Genelli (1798-1868)

Lazy Souls – G.G. Macchiavelli (1806)

The Indolent Souls, Belacqua – Luigi Ademollo (1817)

Lazy Souls and Belacqua – Bartolomeo Pinelli (1824)

The Lazy Souls – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)

Dante Recognizes Belacqua – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)

The Indolent Souls Beside the Rock – Gustave Dore (1868)

The indolent souls beside the rock (colorized) – Gustave Dore (1868)

Dante Meets Belacqua – Vittorio Alinari, ed., Florence (1902)

The Lazy Souls and Belacqua – Niccolo Tommaseo (1908)

Lazy Souls – Early 20th cent. Italian Postcard

Lazy Sinners, Belacqua – Amos Nattini (ca. 1915-1939)

Canto 4 – The Powers of Soul – Salvador Dali (mid 20th cent.)

Virgil urges Dante to continue climbing – Biblioteca Marciana Venezia (ca. 1385)

Virgil Urges Dante to Keep Moving – Egerton 943 Manuscript (mid 14th cent.)

Leaving the Lazy Sinners – Federico Zuccari (1586)