The Mirror Of Human Salvation










These miniature paintings taken from the illuminated manuscript "The Mirror Of Human Salvation" is one of many interpretations of this book made over the centuries. Click here to view the rest from this collection. There is an excellent article on this book at BibliOdyssey where other versions are mentioned.

Another version of this book can be found here.

Jean Gearson - Le Trésor de Sapience












More miniature paintings from this collection can be found here.

Cornelis van Poelenburgh





















This oil painting is titled "Orphée and Eurydice In Hell" from the 17th century. A smaller but higher contrast version of this painting can be seen here. A short bio on the artist can be found here.

Dirk Bouts - The Fall Of The Damned




I thought that I'd posted this here awhile back but apparently not. This is one of my favorite paintings. If you look at the faces on some of the monkey like demons you'll see them staring back, briefly pausing the torment to hold a good pose for whoever might be watching. The oil on wood painting is titled "The Fall of the Damned" and is dated from 1450. You can read a small blurb about the artist here.

The following print by Peter Brueghel the Elder titled "The Damned" is a loose copy of the above painting.

Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburgh - Hell
I stumbled across another painting by Swanenburgh dated at 1620. Image found here.
Click here to see more art by Isaacsz.

Cristoforo de Predis - The Predis Codex




"Cristoforo de Predis was a deaf early Renaissance illuminator and miniaturist in Milan, Italy. The surname sometimes appears as da Predis or di Predis. His better-known hearing half-brother, Ambrogio de Predis, also a painter, worked with Leonardo da Vinci and reportedly taught Leonardo some of his deaf brother's signs to help make Leonardo's paintings more expressive. Some sources erroneously label Cristoforo as Ambrogio's father, but they were in fact half-brothers. The Predis Codex is a bound collection of Cristoforo's miniature paintings of scenes from the Bible." - quote from here.

The above illuminated miniature paintings are dated from the 15th century. For further details on these paintings and to see more from the series, click here.

Images found thanks to Paul Rumsey.

Punishments In Hell




The above 2 undated images are Chromolithographs showing what happens to people for various sin related crimes. The top image shows both the sin and the punishment, a nice guide to have around so you're not surprised when a giant monster headed thing throws you in a fire. They were published by Anant Shivaji Desai Motibazar Mumbai in Bombay India. I was hoping to find larger examples of these but all that I could find online was this mention from an exhibition concerning pain. And I remember seeing posters very similar to these somewhere in Chicago that showed other crimes that you were supposed to avoid. If anyone knows of any sites with additional posters like these please mention them in the comments.

Follower Of Bosch
"Flemish, second half 16th century Christ in Limbo, oil on wood"

I've spent a great deal of time staring at this painting in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It's really amazing to be able to explore the individual paint marks in this weird hellish fantasy world up close. There is an original Hieronymus Bosch painting (Ecce Homo) a few rooms down from this work.

This painting is attributed to Bosch but I don't believe it's his work. But perhaps it is based on a lost Bosch Painting?

Eric Kincaid











There is unfortunately very little information or examples of this artist online. He is responsible for illustrating many children's books focusing on nursery rhymes and fairy tales. I believe most if not all of the above artworks come from a book titled "Eric Kincaid's Tales of Magic and Mystery" which is described in the following quote... "Written and illustrated by Eric Kincaid. Pub: Brimax Books, Newmarket, England. 1980. Every page covered in full colour illustrations, into which the text is inserted. Extremely well drawn in a 30's style reminiscent of Lord of the Rings. 30 stories. Some from abroad including Denmark. Illustrations look like some fantastic mythical computer game." - quote source.

Frank Brunner






















Here's a great drawing from fantasy/comic artist Frank Brunner. He's contributed to books such as Web of Horror, Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Doctor Strange and others.

Mike Ploog








The Thing, The Black Cauldron, Caveman, Return To Oz and Ralph Bakshki's "Wizards" are some of the films comic artist Mike Ploog has worked on. He's also worked on the animated Heavy Metal film, he's listed as a designer for the segment involving zombie WW2 bombers "B-15" written by Dan O'Bannon. His comic work includes the 1970's version of Marvel's "Man-Thing" and "Monster of Frankenstein" series.

See more art by Ploog here and here.
Click here to see another painting by Ploog.

Joe Jusko









Here are some pulp fantasy paintings from Joe Jusko. Look on this page to find a cover he did for the November 79 issue of Heavy Metal magazine. He's made a lot of illustrations for stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs such as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. You can see more paintings by Jusko at this gallery or his official site. Click here to read an interview with the artist.