A Glimpse into Hell, or Fear  1899

Elihu Vedder probed questions of the mind in his paintings and illustrations, creating complex, visionary compositions often centered on literary or spiritual subject matter. The lunette [i]A Glimpse into Hell, or Fear[/i] is drawn from 14th-century poet Dante Alighieri’s [i]Inferno[/i], the first part of his epic poem, [i]Divine Comedy[/i]. Here, five females confront the...