Dante – Images for Friday May 21

Poverty by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

Dream of Leah by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

Rachel and Leah by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) shows Leah on the right occupying herself with a spray of flowers and Rachel lost in thought (Dante’s Vision of Rachel and Leah, 1855).

Matilda gathering flowers by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)

Matilda submerges Dante in Lethe by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

Processional, Purg. 29, by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

Chariot (symbol of Church) by William Blake (1757-1827)

Madonna and angels Cimabue (1240-1302) compare to Beatrice and angels

Ugolino, sculpture by Rodin (1840-1917) part of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art