Hell

Explore the Iconography of the Seven Deadly Sins in Taddeo’s Hell

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Satan

The devil presides over Hell in a demonic parody of the divine

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Pride

A vainglorious woman stares into a mirror as a demon defecates onto her shoulder. Below her, two men are being cut and sawed by demons.

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Envy

Two men are being hanged by snakes. Demons eviscerate one man and force scorpions to crawl over the body of another.

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Gluttony

Devils force a monk, noblemen, and two women to eat in perpetuity.

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Avarice

Demons shove gold coins down the throats of hanged sinners. Another demon defecates gold coins into a mans mouth.

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Lust

An adulteress and pimp are whipped. Below them, a sodomite is tortured by demons pushing a stake through his body.

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Sloth

Demons pull the long reddish blonde hair of female sinners as fire swirls around their bodies.

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Wrath

A female sinner is mounted by a demon. Around her, other sinners are being groped and choked.