Dante’s Inferno – Canto 4 Images

Limbo

Alessandro Velutello

Meeting the Ancient Poets

The Great Poets Come to Meet Dante

Medieval Woodcut

Dante and Virgil Meet the Poets; Other Souls in Limbo

Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante is Welcomed by the Ancient Poets

Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante and Virgil with the Great Poets

Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante and Virgil with the Great Poets at the Noble Castle

Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Souls of Children and Innocents in Limbo

Medieval Manuscript Illustration

Dante and Virgil with the Great Poets in Limbo

Holkham Manuscript

Dante and Virgil with the Poets in Limbo and the Noble Castle

Priamo della Quercia

Dante and Virgil with the Ancient Poets in Limbo

William Blake

Homer Bearing the Sword and His Companions

William Blake

The Poets Descend to the World of Darkness

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Dante Is Introduced to the Poets in Limbo

Artist Unknown

Dante and Virgil See Homer and the Great Poets in Limbo

Nicola Consoni

Dante and Virgil See the Poets in Limbo

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Virgil Introduces Dante to the Great Poets

Tommaseo De Vivo

Dante and Virgil among the Ancient Poets

Gustave Dore

Dante and Virgil among the Ancient Poets (colorized)

Gustave Dore

Virgil and Dante Meet the Great Ancient Poets

Amos Nattini

The Harrowing of Hell

Christ in Limbo

Albrecht Durer

The Descent of Christ into Limbo

Andrea Mantegna

The Descent of Christ into Hell

Engraving by a follower of Andrea Mantegna

The Harrowing of Hell

Fra Angelico

The Harrowing of Hell

Fresco in Santa Maria Novella, Florence

The Harrowing of Hell

Duccio di Buoninsegna

The Descent of Christ to Limbo

Gerolamo di Romano

Christ’s Descent to Limbo

John Flaxman

The Harrowing of Hell

Bartolomeo Pinelli

The Noble Castle

The Noble Castle in Limbo

Medieval Manuscript Illustration

The Noble Castle and the Poets

Egerton Manuscript

Dante and Virgil Entering the Noble Castle in Limbo

Medieval Manuscript Illustration

The Noble Castle and Famous Figures from the Past

From the Codex Altonensis of the Divina Commedia

Dante and Virgil at the Noble Castle in Limbo

Federico Zuccari

At the Noble Castle

Giovanni Stradano

Other Limbo Scenes

Dante and Virgil in Limbo

Federigo Zuccari

Dante and Virgil in Limbo

Joseph Anton Koch

Dante and Virgil among the Souls in Limbo

Gustave Dore

Dante and Virgil among the Souls in Limbo (colorized)

Gustave Dore

The Elysian Fields

Federigo Zuccari