- Artist Gustave Doré sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dore_g... died on this day, so here are some of his illustrations for Dante Alighieri's 'La Divina Commedia':
- Some more of Gustave Doré's illustrations for Dante Alighieri's 'La Divina Commedia'. Dante's birth and death dates are approximations, so he doesn't have anniversary posts linking to his SFE entry, so I'll provide it here: sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dante_...Jan 23, 2026 14:31
- and I think these are - Satan at the centre of Cocytus - the bolge of the thieves - the giant bringing Dante and Virgil down to the 9th circle - the circles of Heaven, maybe the Empyrean? I've forgotten which giant that is
