Tag Archives: Demons

1848: The Devil’s Violin

Posted on July 4, 2021 by corvusfugit

Costume design by Paul Lormier for the 1849 ballet Le violon du diable (source).

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1810: A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom

Posted on March 4, 2020 by corvusfugit

A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom (Oudh, India, ca. 1810-30) (source)

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1828: Sala Dante

Posted on May 5, 2019 by corvusfugit

Joseph Anton Koch’s frescos of Dante’s Inferno (1825-28) decorate the Sala Dante in the Casino Massimo, a Roman Villa. Several scenes from the poem are illustrated here, including Dante and Virgil’s ride on the monster Geryon (upper right) and Count … Continue reading →

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1799: Nine Family Heads

Posted on August 9, 2018 by corvusfugit

In the late 18th century, a physician from northern Africa named Saidi Saeed Abdoul Naim assembled this book of practices for dealing with physical, mental, and spiritual ailments. It also includes sections on secret alphabets, divination by sand, magic, and … Continue reading →

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1912: Many-Headed

Posted on April 8, 2018 by corvusfugit

   Demons associated with astrological signs—from a Persian manuscript on magic and astrology, 1912.

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1863: Dictionary of Hell

Posted on April 7, 2018 by corvusfugit

Entries from the 1863 edition of Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal: Amduscias: Grand-duc aux enfers. Il a la forme d’une licorne; mais lors-qu’il est évoqué, il se montre sous une figure humaine. Il donne des concerts, si … Continue reading →

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1912: Little Demons

Posted on April 7, 2018 by corvusfugit

Richard Tennant Cooper: An unconscious naked man lying on a table being attacked by little demons armed with surgical instruments; symbolising the effect of chloroform on the human body (1912); from a series of medically-themed paintings commissioned in 1912 by … Continue reading →

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1922: Description of a Demon

Posted on March 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

The hum of talk drowned the words, but leaning forward Lessingham saw where the arras curtains behind the dais parted for a moment, and one of princely bearing advanced past the high seats down the body of the hall. His … Continue reading →

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1647: The Rich Man Being Led to Hell

Posted on February 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

David Teniers the Younger: The Rich Man Being Led to Hell (c 1647) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, … Continue reading →

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1793: With Jocund Music Charm his Ear

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henry Fuseli: The Shepherd’s Dream, from “Paradise Lost” (1793) The “shepherd’s dream” in Paradise Lost (1667) is an extended simile that Milton uses at the end of Book I after Satan and his fallen angels have lost in their first … Continue reading →

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