Dante and Virgil

Dante and Virgil in the Letter N from the first word (Nel) of the Commedia
Priamo della Quercia

Dante and the Beasts in the Dark Wood – Initial Letter N (Nel) of the First Line of the Inferno
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante Asleep in the Dark Wood – Initial Letter N (Nel) in the first line of the Inferno
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

First Pages of an Early Printed Edition of the Commedia

Dante and Virgil
Holkham Hall Manuscript

Dante Meets Virgil in the Dark Forest
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante Meets Virgil in the Dark Forest
Pietro Senno

Virgil
Pietro Fontana
In The Dark Forest

Dante Lost in the Dark Forest
Gustave Dore

Dante Lost in the Dark Forest (colored)
Gustave Dore

Dante in the Dark Forest
After Gustave Dore

Dante Lost in the Dark Forest
Bartolomeo Pinelli

Dante in the Dark Wood
Federico Zuccari

Dante in the Dark Wood (colored postcard)
D. Mastroianni

Dante Lost in the Dark Forest
Ezio Anichini

Dante Asleep in the Dark Forest
Divina Commedia de Federigo da Montefeltro, Vatican Library (Urbino Manuscript)

Dante Asleep in the Dark Wood (detail)
Joseph Anton Koch
Dante and the Beasts

Dante Running toward Virgil
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante and the Beasts
Baccio Baldini

Dante and Virgil in the Dark Wood with the Beasts
Medieval Woodcut

Dante in the Forest with the Beasts
15th Century Woodcut

Dante Running from the Beasts
Alessandro Velutello

Dante Running from the Beasts (colored)
Alessandro Velutello

Dante Chased by the Beasts
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante and the Leopard
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante, Virgil, and the Leopard
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante and the Leopard
Gustave Dore

Dante Encounters the Leopard
Louis Candide Boulanger

Dante and the Leopard (colorized)
Gustave Dore

Dante and the Leopard
John Macallan Swan

Dante Confronted by the Three Beasts
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante and the Three Beasts
Medieval Illumination

Dante and Virgil in the Dark Forest with the Beasts
Medieval Illumination

Dante and the Beasts
15th Century Colored Engraving in the Christofero Landino Commentary

Dante in the Dark Wood with the Beasts
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante Confronted by the Beasts
Priamo della Quercia

Miniature Depicting Dante, Virgil and the Three Beasts
14th Century Manuscript Illustration

Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts
Divina Commedia de Federigo da Montefeltro, Vatican Library (Urbino Manuscript)

Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts and Other Scenes
Divina Commedia de Federigo da Montefeltro, Vatican Library (Urbino Manuscript)

Dante and the Three Beasts
Joseph Anton Koch

Dante, Virgil and the Beasts
Joseph Anton Koch

Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts
Bartolomeo Pinelli

Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts
Luigi Ademollo

Dante and the Beasts
Antonio Zatta

Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts
Joseph Anton Koch

Dante Confronted by the Beasts
Giovanni Stradano

Dante Running from the Beasts
William Blake

Dante Confronted by the Lion
Gustave Dore

Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts
Amos Nattini

Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts
Artist Unknown

Dante and Virgil Leaving the Three Beasts
Bartolomeo Pinelli

Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts
Artist Unknown
Leaving the Forest

Dante and Virgil Begin Their Journey
Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante and Virgil
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Dante and Virgil Followed by the Leopard
Gustav Dore

Dante and Virgil Entering the Dark Forest to Begin Their Journey
William Blake

Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts
John Flaxman

Dante and Virgil Leaving the Dark Forest
Gustave Dore
Links To More Canto 1 Imagery
Dante’s Inferno: Canto 1 Eric Armusik.
https://useum.org/artwork/Canto-1-Dante-in-the-Wilderness-Eric-Armusik-2017
Dante in the Dark Forest by Paolo Barbieri.
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/13/e7/b4/13e7b42f1cc7b1471437f799273041b6.jpg
Dante in the Dark Forest by Giuseppe Bettati.
https://profgiuseppebettati.it/gram_js/letteratura/materialedivina/selva.jpg
Inferno Canto 1 (Homage to Gustav Dore) by Sandow Birk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5ad78f5a8e8a4eaba16d34/1590163602844-MJJG1E3XCOSY598KT03V/Canto+1.gif?format=500w
Inferno Canto 1 by Sandow Birk (Painting).
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5ad78f5a8e8a4eaba16d34/1584569040310-EI41FU5JKSFNP11VS3SR/%2522Dante+in+the+Wilderness%2522.jpg?format=500w
Canto 1, Lost in the Woods by Marc Burckhardt. https://www.marcburckhardt.com/Commissions/Dante%27s-Inferno/2
The Dark Wood by William Cattini.
https://williamcattini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/La-Selva-Oscura.jpg
Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts by William Cattini.
https://williamcattini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Le-Tre-Fere-Dante-Incontra-Virgilio.jpg
Dante meets Virgil by Elaine Harrington, 2014.
https://blogs.ucc.ie/wordpress/theriverside/files/2014/02/Dante-meets-Virgil.jpg
Inferno – Canto 1 by Jim Jasper.
https://jimjasper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Inferno006-1.jpg
Prologue by Michael Mazur.
http://michaelmazur.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/inferno_canto_i_prologue.jpg
Inferno Canto 1 by Barry Moser.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/e3db20d19201c23d4e521edee044a05e/tumblr_mx76fyG5gr1saam98o1_1280.jpg
Inferno Canto 1 by Liam Ó Broin.
https://www.dublincastle.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/inf-1-scaled-e1620715672117.jpg
Canto 1 by Victoria Olsen.
https://victoriaangelesolson.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/the-divine-comedy-canto-i.jpg
The Dark Wood of Error by Robert Rauchenberg, 1958. (click on the small image)
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/36718?association=series&page=1&parent_id=36719&sov_referrer=association
Dante, Virgil, and the Three Beasts by Suloni Robertson.
http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/prologue.html
In the deep wood – Inferno Canto 1 by Garry Shead.
https://images.ehive.com/accounts/5338/objects/images/8530797f9cd64f40b3dbd7b925bfe15b_l.jpg
Within a Forest Dark by Sirppikala.
https://cdn.worldcosplay.net/621697/kgubzvyueqgbazuetitincmltdttuwsnceyyakam-740.jpg
In the Dark Forest by Antonello Venditti.
https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/032/573/155/large/antonello-venditti-disegno-dante-alighieri1artstation.jpg?1606840202
Mole’s Commedia, Canto 1.
https://thenode.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/JCS177196F1.jpg
Canto 1 -Dante’s Inferno (Artist unknown).
https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a8MjoWe_700bwp.webp
Dante in the Dark Forest (Artist unknown).
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/P/B0953D2LFY.01.SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500.jpg
Dante, Virgil, and the Beasts (Artist unknown).
https://www.lamiacittanews.it/buon-dantedi-da-viterbo-e-dal-bullicame-citato-dal-sommo-poeta-con-unidea-infernale/