Suffering Collection (page 7)

This proud one would of his strength against almighty Jove make trial, c1890
" This proud one would of his strength against almighty Jove make trial, " said my guide; " whence he is thus requited: Ephialtes him they call", c1890

That is the ancient soul of wretched Myrrha, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" That is the ancient soul of wretched Myrrha", he replied, " who burn d with most unholy flame for her own sire, and a false shape assuming, so perform d the deed of sin", c1890

Then, fasting got the mastery of grief, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Then, fasting got the mastery of grief", c1890. Count Ugolino, his sons and grandsons condemned to death by starvation in the Torre dei Gualandi

That sprite of air is Schicchi; in like mood of random mischief vents he still his spite, c1890. The alchemist Capocchio is attacked by Gianni Schicchi de Cavalcanti

The crust came drawn from underneath in flakes, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The crust came drawn from underneath in flakes, like scales scraped from the bream, or fish of broader mail, c1890. Dante

Be none of you outrageous, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Be none of you outrageous: ere your time dare seize me, come forth from amongst you one, who having heard my words, decide he then if he shall tear these limbs, c1890

And straight the trunk exclaim d, Why pluck st thou me?, c1890. Creator
And straight the trunk exclaim d, " Why pluck st thou me?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter men who who have been transformed into trees

Then, not to make them sadder, I kept down my spirit in stillness, c1890
" Then, not to make them sadder, I kept down my spirit in stillness", c1890. Count Ugolino, his sons and grandsons condemned to death by starvation in the Torre dei Gualandi

That pierced spirit... was he who gave the Pharisees council, c1890. Creator
" That pierced spirit, whom intent thou view st, was he who gave the Pharisees council, that it were fitting for one man to suffer for the people", c1890

Sir! Brunetto! And are ye here?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Sir! Brunetto! And are ye here?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil meet Dantes tutor and guardian, Brunetto Buanaccorso Latini, in a firestorm

Not more furiously on Menalippus temples Tydeus gnawed, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Not more furiously on Menalippus temples Tydeus gnawed, than on that skull and on its garbage he, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil visit a frozen lake

By the hair it bore the sever d member, lantern-wise pendant in hand, c1890. Creator
By the hair it bore the sever d member, lantern-wise pendant in hand, which look d at us and said, " Woes me!", c1890

Then Geddo at my feet outstretch d did fling him, crying, Hast no help for me my father
" Then Geddo at my feet outstretch d did fling him, crying, Hast no help for me my father! ", c1890. Count Ugolino

all-searching Justice, dooms to punishment the forgers, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Then my sight was livelier to explore the depth, wherein the minister of the most mighty Lord, all-searching Justice, dooms to punishment the forgers noted on her dread record, c1890

Wherefore doth fasten yet thy sight below amongst the maim d and miserable shades?
But Virgil roused me: " What yet gazest on? Wherefore doth fasten yet thy sight below amongst the maim d and miserable shades?", c1890

Then seizing on his hinder scalp, I cried: Name thee, or not a hair shall tarry here
Then seizing on his hinder scalp, I cried: " Name thee, or not a hair shall tarry here", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil walk on a frozen lake

Take good heed, thy soles do tread not on the heads of thy poor brethren, c1890
" Look how thou walkest. Take good heed, thy soles do tread not on the heads of thy poor brethren", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil walk on a frozen lake

Call thou to mind Piero of Medicina, if again returning, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Call thou to mind Piero of Medicina, if again returning, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Pier da Medicina who must hold open his windpipe to speak

Now mark how I do rip me! lo! How is Mahomet mangled!, c1890. Creator
" Now mark how I do rip me! lo! How is Mahomet mangled!", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil witness the suffering of the prophet Mohammed, who is repeatedly ripped open

The other two look d on, exclaiming, Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!, c1890
The other two look d on, exclaiming, " Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!", c1890. The Florentine thief Agnello Brunelleschi and Cianfa Donati the serpent merging into a single body

Amid this dread exuberance of woe ran naked spirits wing d with horrid fear, c1890. The damned, handcuffed with snakes: With serpents were their hands behind them bound

This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Naked sinners are punished by demons. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

There stood I like the friar, that doth shrive a wretch for murder doom d, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Pope Nicholas III

Thais is this, the harlot, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Thais is this, the harlot, whose false lip answer d her doting paramour that ask d, " Thankest me much!", c1890

Why greedily thus bendest more on me?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Why greedily thus bendest more on me, than on these other filthy ones, thy ken?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Alessio Interminei of Lucca immers d in ordure

Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Naked sinners are lashed by demons. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, ...to shake off the heat, still falling fresh, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil witness the damned afflicted by flakes of fire

And there at point of the disparted ridge lay stretch d the infamy of Crete, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the Minotaur

Haste now, the foremost cried, now haste thee death!, c1890
" Haste now, " the foremost cried, " now haste thee death!", c1890. Men who who have been transformed into trees

E en in like manner Adams evil brood, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
E en in like manner Adams evil brood, cast themselves one by one down from the shore, c1890. The dead crossing the river Styx to Hell

Drawing after the Deposition from the Cross, c1460-1480, (1908). Creator: Hugo van der Goes
Drawing after the Deposition from the Cross, c1460-1480, (1908). Descent from the Cross after crucifixion with John the Evangelist, Mary and Mary Magdalene

Flames raining down, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham
Flames raining down, 1951. Design for illustration to Dantes " Divine Comedy". Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design

Mater Dolorosa, mid 18th century, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Mater Dolorosa, mid 18th century, (1928). Chalk on paper. At one time known to have been in the collection of Dr Hans Wendland, Lugano, Switzerland

Act of justice King Henry III of Castile The Suffering (1379-1406)

St Sebastian, c1630. Artist
St Sebastian, c1630

Famine in the Volga Valley, Russia, c1921-c1922. The aftermath of the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Groups of peasants starving

Nowhere to bury the dead, Russia, c1920s. The aftermath of the Russian Civil War. The peasants have become the victims

Russian peasants, late 19th century. Poor families relieving their hunger by carving up a dead horse

Third Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. Artist: LC Stadler
Third Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. The victim is stripped and an iron chain pulled against his chest until it breaks through the flesh to his bones; One of four scenes of Inquisition

Second Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. Artist: LC Stadler
Second Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. The victim is tied to a contrivance which winds a rope more and more tightly until his ribs are crushed; One of four scenes of Inquisition torture

Slow Asphyxiation, 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
Slow Asphyxiation, 1916. Plate 69 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers. The Dutch graphic artist Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956)

Kreuzland, Kreuzland uber Alles, 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
Kreuzland, Kreuzland uber Alles, 1916. Plate 22 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers. The Dutch graphic artist Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956)

Husbands and Fathers, 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
Husbands and Fathers, 1916. Plate 12 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers, 1916. The cartoons of the Dutch artist Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956)

From Liege to Aix-la-Chapelle, 1914 (1916) Artist: Louis Raemaekers
From Liege to Aix-la-Chapelle, 1914 (1916). Plate 6 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers, 1916. The cartoons of the Dutch artist Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956)

Exodus 11: 1-10: the death of the firstborn sons, one of The Seven Plagues of Egypt
Exodus 11:1-10: the death of the firstborn sons, one of The Seven Plagues of Egypt. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

Exodus 9: 8-12: Moses and the plague of boils, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt. Artist
Exodus 9:8-12: Moses and the plague of boils, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

Exodus 10: 1-20: the plague of the locusts, one of The Seven Plagues of Egypt. Artist
Exodus 10:1-20: the plague of the locusts, one of The Seven Plagues of Egypt. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, (19th century). Artist: JM Corner
Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, late 19th century. Scottish explorer Mungo Park (1771-1806) led two expeditions into the interior of West Africa in an attempt to determine

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