The Inferno, Canto 6

gustavedore

tree

abandoned

sculpture

eerie mood

derelict

roman-mythology

carved into stone

gloomy

mythology

graveyard

haunting

murky

ruin

"The Inferno, Canto 6" is a wood engraving by Gustave Doré illustrating Dante's epic poem "The Divine Comedy." The scene depicts Dante and Virgil standing on a cliff overlooking the fifth circle of hell, where the wrathful and sullen are punished. The monstrous beast Cerberus, with three heads, lies at the bottom of the cliff, guarding the entrance to the next circle of hell. Doré's powerful and detailed engraving effectively captures the terrifying and overwhelming atmosphere of Dante's vision of hell.