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Purgatory

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Images from the collections

Images about Purgatory

10 images from works
  • Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Watercolour.
  • Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Watercolour.
  • Saint Teresa: she is encouraged by Christ to bring aid to Bernardino de Mendoza in purgatory by building a convent on land given to her by Bernardino. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Andrew Avellino. Engraving by L.M.
  • Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Watercolour.
  • The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
  • The death of infants: a skeleton representing Death grabs and eats infants who die innocent of vice but unendowed with the theological virtues. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
  • Saint Teresa: she is encouraged by Christ to bring aid to Bernardino de Mendoza in purgatory by building a convent on land given to her by Bernardino. Engraving by C. Warren after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • The circles of hell and limbo (containing Abraham and Lazarus) beneath the earth; snakes appear at the surface of the earth. Engraving by J. Wierix, 1595.

Works from the collections

14 works

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    A physician being tormented with medical and surgical treatments by grotesque figures representing his former patients. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1792, after G.M. Woodward.

    George Murgatroyd Woodward | Date: Nov.r 11 1792 | Reference: 2491101i
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    The death of infants: a skeleton representing Death grabs and eats infants who die innocent of vice but unendowed with the theological virtues. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

    Bartolomeo Pinelli | Date: 1825 | Reference: 661785i
    Part of: Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
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    The circles of hell and limbo (containing Abraham and Lazarus) beneath the earth; snakes appear at the surface of the earth. Engraving by J. Wierix, 1595.

    | Date: [1595] | Reference: 26239i
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    Documents relatifs au Concile de Florence.

    Council of Florence | Date: 1920-1923
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    Saint Teresa: she is encouraged by Christ to bring aid to Bernardino de Mendoza in purgatory by building a convent on land given to her by Bernardino. Engraving by C. Warren after Sir P.P. Rubens.

    Peter Paul Rubens | Date: 1810-1819 | Reference: 7260i
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