Divine Comedy. Virgil, with Dante, throws earth at Cerebus

Divine Comedy, 14th century. Virgil, with Dante, throws earth at Cerebus

Dante, Divine Comedy, 14th century
Inferno, Canto VI.
Virgil, with Dante beside him, throws earth at Cerebus;

Ciacco standing up among the gluttonous beneath hail and rain

Dante, Divine Comedy, 14th century. Virgil washes Dante's face

Dante, Divine Comedy, 14th century
Purgatorio, Canto I.
Virgil washes Dante's face; Virgil girds Dante with reeds