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Marcus Curtius, 1529. Creator: Master I. BMarcus Curtius, 1529
Fall of the Damned, 1642. Creator: Jonas SuyderhoefFall of the Damned, 1642
Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm, c.1718. Creator: Giovanni Paolo PaniniMarcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm, c.1718
Rocky gorge, undated. Creator: Ludwig HalauskaRocky gorge, undated
The Path to the Moon, from A Book of Images, pub. 1898. Creator: William Thomas HortonThe Path to the Moon, from A Book of Images, pub. 1898 (engraving), 1898
Dante and Virgil at the edge of the abyss from which a foetid smell steamed up, 1863. Artist: Gustave DoreDante and Virgil at the edge of the abyss from which a foetid smell steamed up, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil
The Angel with the Key to Bottomless Pit, 1511. Creator: Albrecht DurerThe Angel with the Key to Bottomless Pit, 1511
Yet in the abyss, that Lucifer with Judas low ingulfs, lightly he placed us, c1890. Antaeus the giant lowers Dante and the Roman poet Virgil to the final level of Hell
From the profound abyss, behind the lid of a great monument we stood retired, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil shelter in craggy rocks and try to avoid the horrible excess of fetid exhalation
The angel holding the keys of the abyss, 1498, (1936). Artist: Albrecht DurerThe angel holding the keys of the abyss, 1498, (1936). Scene from the Apocalypse, The angel holding the keys of the abyss and a big chain, enchains the dragon for a thousand years