Purgatorio Canto 8 

"Purgatorio Canto 8" is a powerful illustration by Gustave Doré depicting a scene from Dante's epic poem *The Divine Comedy*. The illustration captures the dramatic moment where Dante and Virgil encounter a serpent, a symbol of sin and temptation, in the eighth canto of Purgatorio. The detailed, dramatic style of Doré's engraving brings the literary work to life.