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  • Virgil and A. Pollio deep in conversation above a bustling town and harbour, Saloninius (Pollio's infant son) lies in a cradle at their feet. Woodcut after Virgil.
  • Virgil and A. Pollio deep in conversation above a bustling town and harbour, Saloninius (Pollio's infant son) lies in a cradle at their feet. Woodcut after Virgil.
  • Pinelli etching Virgil and Dante, the plate being examined by monsters who are watched on the right by Virgil and Dante. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • Plague in Phrygia. Engraving by F. Aquila after Raphael after Virgil.
  • Plague in Phrygia. Engraving by M. Raimondi after Raphael after Virgil.
  • Plague in Phrygia. Engraving by M. Raimondi after Raphael after Virgil.
  • Plague in Phrygia. Engraving by M. Raimondi after Raphael after Virgil.
  • Saint Luke, writing his gospel. Woodcut by J. Lucius after Virgil Solis.
  • Job afflicted with boils, with his wife and comforters. Woodcut after Virgil Solis, 1568.
  • Apotheosis of Aeneas, at the end of Mapheus Vegius "Aeneidos liber xiii", added to Virgil's "Aeneid".
  • A celebration party given in honour of a good harvest. Engraving by B. Picart, 1733, after Virgil.
  • The giant Antaeus carries Virgil and Dante to the Ninth Circle of Hell. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • Entrance of the grotto at Posillipo, called Piedigrotta, reputed to be Virgil's tomb. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Dante and Virgil watching heretics in hell ripping their bodies apart as punishment for schism. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • Thieves being tortured by snakes in the 8th circle of Hell, watched by Dante and Virgil. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • The surgeon cannot extract an arrow from the thigh of Aeneas; Venus brings a medicinal herb to accomplish what the surgeon cannot. Oil painting after Virgil.
  • Dante and Virgil watching Bertrand de Born hold his head away from his body to illustrate the spreading of disunity. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • Virgil and Dante sitting on the back of Geryon to be transported from the 8th to the 7th circle of Hell. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • Ten bee-hives on wooden shelves; two men working in the foreground. Woodcut, ca. 1502.
  • An apothecary grinding a mixture with his pestle and mortar, amidst a working town. Woodcut by Brant(?).
  • Jacob dreams of the heavenly ladder; he consecrates with oil the spot where he slept; he meets Rachel, who is tending sheep in the vicinity of a Mesopotamian city. Woodcut by S.H., 1568, after V. Solis.
  • Opera Vergiliana docte et familiariter exposita: docte quidem Bucolica et Georgica a Servio, Donato, Mancinello et Probo nuper addito / cum adnotationibus Beroaldinis. Aeneis vero ab iisdem praeter Mancinellum et Probum et ab Augustino Datho in ejus principio: opusculorum praeterea quaedam ab Domitio Calderino. Familiariter vero omnia ... ab Jodoco Badio Ascensio ... Omnia ... et Aeneis: quoque tertius decimus a Mapheo Vegio liber: expolitissimis figuris et imaginibus illustrata.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.