The Valley of the Negligent Rulers
Sordello Shows Dante and Virgil the Valley of the Kings – Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Ital. 108 (1375)
Valley of the Princes – Biblioteca Marciana – Venice (ca. 1385)
In the Valley of the Negligent Rulers, the Angels Chase away the Serpent – Biblioteca Vaticana – Codice Urbinate Latino 365 (1481)
Valley of Negligent Rulers, Meeting with Nino Visconti and Corrado Malaspina, Temptation by the Serpent, – Sandro Botticelli (ca. 1485)
The Valley of the Princes – William Blake (1824)
Evening Prayer
The Negligent Rulers Sing the Salve Regina – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1345)
Evening Prayer in the Valley of the Rulers – Morgan Library Florentine MS 1345 (ca. 1350)
Evening Prayer Begins as Sordello Shows Dante and Virgil the Valley of the Princes – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)
Souls singing the Salve Regina, Angels Chasing away the Serpent – Biblioteque de l’Arsenal, Paris (1380)
The Negligent Rulers Begin Their Nightly Prayers – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Evening Prayer in the Valley of the Princes – Henry Payne (1868-1940)
The Arrival of the Angel Protectors
Sordello Warns about the Serpent, Angel Guardians Arrive- Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Ital. 108 (ca. 1375)
Night Prayer in the Valley of the Princes, Dante Talks with Nino and Currado, the Angels Drive the Serpent away – Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, IX, 276 (ca. 1385)
The Drama of the Serpent – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)
Angels Drive away the Serpent, Dante with Visconti and Corrado – Morgan Library Florentine MS 1345 (ca. 1350)
Dante Speaks with Nino and Currado, Angels Chase away the Serpent – Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48 (ca. 1365)
Angels Drive the Serpent away, Corrado Malaspina – Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Ital. 108 (ca. 1375)
Two Angels Chase away the Serpent – Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Strozzi 152 (ca. 1330)
The Angels with Swords Protect the Negligent Rulers – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1340)
The Angels Chase away the Serpent – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1340)
The Angels Chase the Serpent away – Biblioteca Marciana (ca. 1385)
(Cantos 6-8: Dante and Virgil Talking with Souls, Sordello’s Embrace of Virgil,) the Angels Chasing away the Serpent – Priamo della Quercia (ca. 1450)
In the Valley of the Princes, Angels Protect Them from the Serpent – Bonino de Boninis (1467)
The Angels Protect the Negligent Princes from the Serpent – Luca Signorelli (1441-1523) Capella di San Brizio
Valley of the Princes, the Angel Guardians, Lucia Carries Dante upward, the Gate of Purgatory (colored drawing) – Alessandro Vellutello (1544)
The Serpent and Angels – Federico Zuccari (1586)
The Angels Drive away the Serpent in the Valley of the Princes – Artist unknown – Antonio Zata, ed., Venice (1758)
Angels Chasing the Serpent away – Cristoforo DallAcqua (1787)
The Angels Chase away the Serpent – John Flaxman (1793)
The Angels Chase away the Serpent – Luigi Ademollo (1817)
The Temptation and Fall of Eve – William Blake (1822)
Angels Chase away the Serpent – Bonaventura Genelli (1798-1868)
The Angels Chase away the Serpent in the Valley of the Negligent Rulers – Bartolomeo Pinelli (1824)
The Angels Chase away the Serpent – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Dante sees the Princes, the Angels, and the Snake – Johann Anton Alban Ramboux (1790-1866)
The Angels Chase away the Serpent – Gustave Dore (1868)
The Angels Chase away the Serpent (colorized) – Gustave Dore (1868)
Angels Drive away the Serpent – Niccolo Tommaseo (1908)
Angels Guard the Princes as they Pray – Henry Payne (1868-1940)
The Angels Protect the Negligent Rulers – Amos Nattini (ca. 1915-1939)
The Guardians of the Valley of the Princes – Salvador Dali (mid 20th cent.)
Nino Visconti and Currado Malaspina
Dante Speaks with Nino Visconti – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1340)
Nino turns to Currado – Egerton 943 Manuscript (ca. 1340)
Escape of Nino Visconti from Pisa – Minature from Villani’s Nova Cronica (ca. 1350)
Nino and Currado Speak with Dante – The Salve Regina is Sung – Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale Dei Girolamini, Napoli (1355)
Conversing with Nino and Currado, the Angel Guardian – Master of the Pliny of Pico della Mirandola (1491)
Dante Speaks with Currado and Nino- G.G. Macchiavelli (1806)
Dante Speaks with Nino and Currado – Francesco Scaramuzza (ca. 1850)
Dante at the Court of the Malaspina – Bernardino Pollinari (1813-1896)