Saturn seated in a chariot drawn by a winged serpent-like monster, After Raphael,1780-1820

Intermediary draughtsman Stefano Tofanelli engraving print made by Pietro Bonato, Published in Rome.

Matthias Gerung - satirical print, 1520-1560

I've previously mentioned this woodcut, this version includes the floating creatures to the left. Here is a description of the print from the British Museum website..

"The clergy feasting in the jaws of a devil; the demon seated, turned to left on a papal bull, its left foot in a vessel for Holy Water, and holding a collection box in its right hand. Smaller demons preparing food on its head, flying creatures approaching with the pope and a canon."

Thomas Häfner - Lucifer
Fellow artist Mark Powell and I are on a hunt for more artwork and information regarding Thomas Hafner. All that appears to be available online is this painting of Lucifer which was published in David Larkin's book on Fantastic Art. I have a copy of it myself and it was my earliest introduction to the likes of Hieronymus Bosch, Bruegel, Max Ernst, Odilon Redon and many others. I've been mesmerized by this depiction of Lucifer since childhood.

John Coulthart has a brief article related to the artist along with this painting of Lucifer. From what I've seen it is all there is related to Hafner online. It's strange that these days an artist can be so invisible on the internet. If anyone has any links, artwork they can email me, anything related to Hafner, I and Mark Powell would really appreciate it, thank you.

Kazuo Umezu / Junji Ito


Thanks to those who voted in the recent poll regarding future weeklong subjects. Monsters in horror manga will be the next that I focus on and should happen sometime in July. Here's a few works from Umezu and one by Junji Ito until then..

edit - I've been talking with Ryan Sands of Samehat!Samehat! who I'm going to have help collaborate with me on the Monster Manga artworks. There's so much material I want to put into this post that I think I'm going to spread it across an entire month. So sometime late Summer expect to see 4 weeks worth of Manga Monsters spanning dozens of incredible Japanese manga artists.

Christ In Limbo, After Hieronymus Bosch

Here are some larger detail shots from this oil on wood painting from 1575 by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch. Previously mentioned here.

Harrowing of Hell detail, Stained Glass Window

Detail from the Harrowing of Hell window in King's College, Cambridge. Source..

Ludovic Levasseur - Flesh Dolls


The artist responsible is Ludovic Levasseur. Visit his flickr page here, the flickr gallery for the dolls can be viewed here and his blog is here. Artist found thanks to Substrom.