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Christ appears in the skies on the day of judgement. Engraving after M. Rota after Michelangelo.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.Reference: 25147i
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Three scenes: trial scene, witches flying through the sky, a witch conversing with the Devil in hell. Woodcut, 1720.
Date: 1720Reference: 33324i
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Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.
Date: 1720Reference: 33360i
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The giant Antaeus carries Virgil and Dante to the Ninth Circle of Hell. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.Date: 1825Reference: 661784i
Part of: Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
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The Last Judgment: the world lies in ruins and sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils. Engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
Cousin, Jehan, approximately 1522-approximately 1593.Date: [between 1726 and 1738]Reference: 46790i
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The entrance to hell guarded by Sin and Death. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1792, after T. Stothard.
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.Date: 1 Novr. 1792Reference: 35892i
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The vexatious litigant dies: the monster Litigation receives his soul, while Evil Conscience and Poverty dig his grave from which hellfire billows. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 159-.
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.Date: 1590-1599Reference: 26561i
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The ages of man represented as a step scheme. Reproduction of an engraving by C. Bertelli.
Reference: 26361i
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Lucifer's angels tumble out of heaven, their limbs entwined. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-.
Date: 1765Reference: 24951i
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The torture of Roman Catholics by monsters in hell, with Charon ferrying more departed souls over the river Styx. Engraving with etching.
Reference: 43629i
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A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
Lindau, Dietrich Wilhelm, 1799-1862.Date: 1835Reference: 38511i
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The archangel Michael, holding a flaming sword and the scales of justice; in heaven the angels kneel before Christ; representing the Day of Judgement. Woodcut.
Reference: 25068i
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The ages of man represented in a step scheme; with the divine judgement under the stairs. Coloured etching.
Reference: 26288i
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Christ appears in the skies on the day of judgement. Engraving by J. Cole after M. Rota after Michelangelo.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.Reference: 25159i
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A winged devil figure riding on a cat awakening some monks by blowing on them. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828.Date: [1796/1798]Reference: 36936i
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Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 26692i
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Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.
Lepoittevin, Eugène-Modeste-Edmond, 1806-1870.Date: [1831]Reference: 16442i
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The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
Reference: 25063i
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Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 15 February 1790Reference: 18122i
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Thieves being tortured by snakes in the 8th circle of Hell, watched by Dante and Virgil. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.Date: 1825Reference: 661781i
Part of: Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
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Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.Date: 1824-1826Reference: 656898i
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A glowing yellow and red fire and with figures tumbling into a pit as though hell in the foreground; an advertisement for a torchlight march entitled 'Fire and Tears' for World AIDS Day on 1 December 95 in the pedestrian area Mont-Blanc, Geneva sponsored by Groupe SIDA Genève, PVA Genève, Dialogai and AIDES Annemasse. Colour lithograph.
Date: 1995Reference: 675077i
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Six 'places': clockwise, 'places of honour', 'places of profit', 'a safe place', 'a snug place', 'a miserable cold place' and 'a warm place - hell'. Engraving, ca. 1780.
Date: [1780?]Reference: 585374i
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The damned writhe in boiling cauldrons; representing hell. Woodcut.
Reference: 25070i
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The torments of hell in Buddhism: two bearded demons burning six men alive. Lithograph.
Reference: 579969i