The court of Mary of Anjou 1404 to 1463 wife of Charles VII Her chaplain Robert Blondel presents her with the allegorical treatise of the Twelve Perils of Hell which he composed for her in 1455 Facsimile of minature from Twelve Perils of Hell

The court of Mary of Anjou 1404 to 1463 wife of Charles VII Her chaplain Robert Blondel presents her with the allegorical treatise of the Twelve Perils of Hell which he composed for her in 1455 Facsimile of minature from Twelve Perils of Hell

Dante Alighieri 1265 1321 Italian poet From the book The Vision or Hell Purgatory and Paradise of Dante Alighieri Translated by The Rev Henry Francis Cary Published 1844

Sculture of CARONTE guardian of hell by RAMON CONDE OURENSE 1951 situated in the ESCULTORICO Park It was constructed after the disaster of the Aegean sea Spain

Marriage of Heaven and Hell (From "Milton, A Poem") c. 1804-1810 William Blake (1757-1827/British) White line etching/engraving The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Satan, Sin, and Death: Satan Comes to the Gates of Hell c. 1806 William Blake (1757-1827/ British) Pen & Watercolor The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

The Virtuous Ladder with 30 steps from hell to paradise, church dating from 1586, Sucevita Monastery, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

The Last Judgement: The Fall of the Damned to Hell (Detail) ca. 1445-50 Rogier van der Weyden (ca. 1399-1464 Netherlandish) Oil on panel Hotel-Dieu, Beaune, France

Salamanca Old Cathedral Catedral Vieja altarpiece painting of Judgement Day painted in 1445 shows Judgement Day with pictures of Heaven and Hell Salamanca Spain Espana Europe EU

Hell: the city of Dis, Roman god of the underworld. Sinners burning in Hell 'Their lids suspended; and beneath, / From them forth issued lamentable means' Canto X. Gustave Dore's illustrated Dante Inferno, 1863. Wood engraving

Illustration for Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri Canto XXIX lines 80 to 82 by Gustave Dore 1832 1883 French artist and illustrator

'The Last Judgement'. Heaven, left, Hell, right. Christ sits in judgement in central panel. Fra Angelico (ca. 1400-1455 Italian) Staatliche Museum, Berlin

Visitors admire The Garden of Earthly Delights or The Painting of the Strawberry Tree by Hieronymus van Aeken Bosch Prado Museum El Museo Art Gallery Madrid Spain Espana Europe EU

Salamanca Old Cathedral Catedral Vieja altarpiece painting of Judgement Day painted in 1445 shows Judgement Day with pictures of Heaven and Hell Salamanca Spain Espana Europe EU

Ladder of Virtue depicting 30 steps from hell to paradise, painted around 1590, on north wall of Sucevita Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North West Moldavia South Bucovina, Romania, Europe

Tourists on a balcony of a house, Jiayin hell in Tongli region, Tongli Town, Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province of People's Republic of China, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY

France, Ile de la Reunion (French overseas department), Cirque de Salazie, Hell Bourg village, labelled Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France), typical Creole house in the village

Food For Fear: From Sea Serpents to Hell Bombs Sir Walter Raleigh's Expedition to Guyana in 1595 Theodor de Bry (1528-1598 Netherlandish)

Illustration for Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri Canto II lines 42 and 43 by Gustave Dore 1832 1883 French artist and illustrator

Italy - Piedmont region - Momo (Novara province), Trinity Church. Poor Bible, the Last Judgement by Francesco and Sperindio Cagnoli. Hell, damned couple in flames. Fresco detail, 15th century

Lucifer and the Pope in Hell, Illustration 49 From Milton's "Paradise Lost" c. 1794 William Blake (1757-1827/British) Intaglio Etching & Engraving The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Satan, Sin, And Death: Satan Comes To The Gates Of Hell William Blake (1757-1827 British) The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet: Inferno first part of his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy) illustrated by Gustave Dore 1863. Canto X: Dante, keeping close to his guide Virgil, looks on one of the sinners burning in hell in their open tombs.

Hell - From The French Translation Of 'De Civitate Dei' By St. Augustine Of Hippo (354-430) 15th C. French School Vellum Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve, Paris, France