Underworld Collection (page 7)

Persephone, c. 300 BC (terracotta)
3711302 Persephone, c.300 BC (terracotta) by Greek School, (4th Century); Archaeological Museum, Morgantina, Aidone, Enna, Sicily

Orpheus loses Eurydice again (chromolitho)
1094449 Orpheus loses Eurydice again (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Orpheus loses Eurydice again)

Orpheus (chromolitho)
975950 Orpheus (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Orpheus. French educational card, late 19th/early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Hecate (chromolitho)
975952 Hecate (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hecate. French educational card, late 19th/early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Underworld (engraving)
3635202 The Underworld (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Underworld. Illustration for Illustrations of School Classics arranged)

Bacchus and the frogs (chromolitho)
3100661 Bacchus and the frogs (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacchus and the frogs)

Map of Hell, illustration from Dantes Inferno, 1587 (colour litho)
ALI375343 Map of Hell, illustration from Dantes Inferno, 1587 (colour litho) by Straet, Jan van der (Joannes Stradanus) (1523-1605); Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence

Pandemonium: The Bridge Over Chaos (pencil & w / c on paper)
495239 Pandemonium: The Bridge Over Chaos (pencil & w/c on paper) by Gandy, Joseph Michael (1771-1843); 102x67.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Satan Enthroned in Hell (oil on canvas)
492505 Satan Enthroned in Hell (oil on canvas) by Colman, Samuel (1780-1845); 47x67.5 cm; Private Collection; Haldane Fine Art; English, out of copyright

Souls on the Bank of the Styx, 1873 (pencil on paper)
PNH452501 Souls on the Bank of the Styx, 1873 (pencil on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); 24.1x16.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

An Unwilling Subject, photographing a Prisoner for the Rogues Gallery at Police Headquarters (litho)
6022053 An Unwilling Subject, photographing a Prisoner for the Rogues Gallery at Police Headquarters (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Unwilling Subject)

Pretzel Sellers (litho)
6022039 Pretzel Sellers (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pretzel Sellers. Illustration for Darkness and Daylight)

A Scaling Ladder (litho)
6022024 A Scaling Ladder (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Scaling Ladder. Illustration for Darkness and Daylight)

Exterior of a Bowery Dime Museum (litho)
6021999 Exterior of a Bowery Dime Museum (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exterior of a Bowery Dime Museum)

"Now I lay me down to sleep, "Bedtime in the Homeless Little Girls Dormitory at the Five Points House of
6021980 " Now I lay me down to sleep, " Bedtime in the Homeless Little Girls Dormitory at the Five Points House of Industry (litho) by American School

An Underground Stale-Beer Dive Late at Night in Mulberry Street Bend (litho)
6021934 An Underground Stale-Beer Dive Late at Night in Mulberry Street Bend (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Their Only Bed, Supperless and Homeless Street Boys sleeping out at Night, A Night Scene in an Alley (litho)
6021900 Their Only Bed, Supperless and Homeless Street Boys sleeping out at Night, A Night Scene in an Alley (litho) by American School

A Typical Tenement-House Back Yard (litho)
6021893 A Typical Tenement-House Back Yard (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Typical Tenement-House Back Yard)

The wooing of Grimhilde, the mother of Hagen, from
STC324268 The wooing of Grimhilde, the mother of Hagen, from Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods, 1910 (colour litho) by Rackham

The sarcophagus of Seti I, side view, c. 1300 BC (limestone) (see also 80689)
SJS3589 The sarcophagus of Seti I, side view, c.1300 BC (limestone) (see also 80689) by Egyptian 19th Dynasty (c.1292-1187 BC); length: 28 cm; Courtesy of the Trustees of Sir John Soanes Museum

Ohe! Ohe! Horrible dragon, O swallow me not! Spare the life of poor Loge
STC324222 Ohe! Ohe! Horrible dragon, O swallow me not! Spare the life of poor Loge!, illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, 1910 (colour litho) by Rackham

Relief on a pyramid, Late Classic period (600-900 AD) (stucco)
JPC352291 Relief on a pyramid, Late Classic period (600-900 AD) (stucco) by Mayan; Tonina, Chiapas State, Mexico; (add.info.: Depicts a rodent-headed creature of the underworld; ); out of copyright

Relief depicting Odysseus and Penelope, from Milo, c. 450 BC (stone)
XIR230338 Relief depicting Odysseus and Penelope, from Milo, c.450 BC (stone) by Greek, (5th century BC); 18.7x15.7 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; Greek, out of copyright

The Story of Orpheus: Cerberus, 1875 (pencil on paper)
AMO101407 The Story of Orpheus: Cerberus, 1875 (pencil on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); 24.4x24.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; English

The Death of Orpheus (pencil and chalk on paper)
RWS137274 The Death of Orpheus (pencil and chalk on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); Trustees of the Royal Watercolour Society, London

Orpheus, Leading Eurydice Out of Hell, Looks Back Upon her and Loses her Forever
STC134143 Orpheus, Leading Eurydice Out of Hell, Looks Back Upon her and Loses her Forever, 1731 (engraving) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French

The Gods Osiris and Atum, from the Tomb of Nefertari, New Kingdom (wall painting)
XIR169594 The Gods Osiris and Atum, from the Tomb of Nefertari, New Kingdom (wall painting) by Egyptian 19th Dynasty (c.1292-1187 BC); Valley of the Queens, Thebes, Egypt; (add.info.: atef)

Charons Boat, or The Ghosts of the All Talents
NCO189707 Charons Boat, or The Ghosts of the All Talents Taking their Last Voyage, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1807 (hand-coloured etching with some aquatint) by Gillray

Christ at Limbo (with Adam and Eve), 1512 (Burin engraving on copper)
5890602 Christ at Limbo (with Adam and Eve), 1512 (Burin engraving on copper) by DAorer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); 11.8x7.5 cm; Private Collection; Luisa Ricciarini; German, out of copyright

Orpheus Looks Back, 1872-75 (graphite on paper)
1216856 Orpheus Looks Back, 1872-75 (graphite on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); 24.6x24.7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; English, out of copyright

Dante and Virgil Encounter Lucifer in Hell, 1923 (pencil & w / c on paper)
1262536 Dante and Virgil Encounter Lucifer in Hell, 1923 (pencil & w/c on paper) by Stock, Henry John (1853-1931); 26.7x35.3 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; British, out of copyright

Pluto And A Harlequin In Hell (bodycolour on board)
1262533 Pluto And A Harlequin In Hell (bodycolour on board) by Bison, Giuseppe Bernardino (1762-1844); 41.8x53.9 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

Christ in Limbo (engraving)
1217317 Christ in Limbo (engraving) by Schongauer, Martin (1440-91); 16.5x11.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; German, out of copyright

The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses because of the Stench
995617 The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses because of the Stench, Inferno, Canto XXIX, illustration to the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses because of the Stench
995602 The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses because of the Stench, Inferno, Canto XXIX, illustration to the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1954 (engraving) by Blake

Hercules in the under and over worlds (colour litho)
957844 Hercules in the under and over worlds (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hercules in the under and over worlds)

Satan plunges into the River Styx, from a French edition of Paradise Lost
STC205079 Satan plunges into the River Styx, from a French edition of Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608-74) engraved by Darodes, published 1868 (litho) by Flatters

Emma-O, late 16th-early 17th century (wood, lacquer, gold gilt, and glass)
1072400 Emma-O, late 16th-early 17th century (wood, lacquer, gold gilt, and glass) by Momoyama Period (1568-1600); 114.3x101.6x76.2 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Emma-Ac)

Hercules and Cerberus, 1550. Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever
Hercules and Cerberus, 1550

Pluto riding a chariot descending into Hell, from the Division of the Universe, 1531-76

The Harrowing of Hell, 1547. Creator: Augustin Hirschvogel
The Harrowing of Hell, 1547

Orpheus Returning from the Underworld, 1630. Creator: Tobias Verhaecht
Orpheus Returning from the Underworld, 1630. Previously attributed to follower of Hieronymus Bosch

Pluto, from Game of Mythology (Jeu de la Mythologie), 1644

Christ in Limbo, from the Small Woodcut Passion. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Christ in Limbo, from the Small Woodcut Passion.n.d

Christ in Limbo, from The Large Passion, edition 1511. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Christ in Limbo, from The Large Passion, edition 1511.n.d

Christ in Limbo, from The Small Passion, ca. 1509. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Christ in Limbo, from The Small Passion, ca. 1509

Christ in Limbo, from The Passion, 1512. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Christ in Limbo, from The Passion, 1512

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"Journey into the Underworld: Exploring Mythology, Religion, and Art" Step into a realm shrouded in mystery and intrigue as we embark on a captivating journey through the underworld. From ancient civilizations to renowned literary works, this caption delves deep into the enigmatic realms of the afterlife. In Novgorod Icon's Last Judgement, painted with delicate tempera on wood, we witness souls being weighed against their deeds. This depiction echoes beliefs found in Egyptian mythology where Nephthys played a crucial role in guiding souls to Elysium. Leon Bakst's masterpiece "Elysium" transports us to an ethereal paradise where blissful souls reside. Inspired by Homeric cosmogony and Dante's Inferno, it captures the essence of heavenly serenity amidst vibrant hues. Charon ferries spirits across Styx in Dante's epic poem guided by Virgil. As they navigate through treacherous waters towards Judgement Day presided over by Osiris, one cannot help but ponder upon life's moral complexities. The Book of the Dead unravels ancient Egyptian rituals surrounding death and rebirth. The Weighing of the Heart ceremony determines one's fate while offering glimpses into their eternal destiny. Dante and Virgil cross Styx accompanied by Shirley Markham’s three-headed monster guarding Hell’s entrance. In Dantes Inferno, suicides face torment from Harpies - symbolic representations of their self-inflicted suffering. Unveiling secrets held within these artistic masterpieces allows us to explore various interpretations of the underworld across cultures and eras. It reminds us that even beyond mortal existence lies a vast tapestry woven with tales of divine justice and damnation. As we delve deeper into this captivating subject matter, let our imaginations soar alongside these mythical figures who have traversed between worlds – be it guided by religious beliefs or immortalized within timeless works of art.