You can read the entire book on Archive.org

Artwork found at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Follower of Jan Brueghel the Younger - The Temptation of Saint Anthony 

Circle of Jan Breughel the Younger - The Underworld 

Circle of Jan Breughel the Younger - The Descent into Hell, 1601-78 

Follower of Jan Brueghel the Younger - The Temptation of Saint Anthony 

Follower of Jan Breughel - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 17th C

Follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 16th-17th C 

Follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder - The Temptation of Saint Anthony 

Follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder - Juno's Arrival in Hades, circa 1598

 Image sources include Sotheby's. 

Jan Brueghel the Elder's paintings were previously shared here.

The Dream, 1909  The Dream of the Semiramis, 1909  My Dream, My Nightmare, 1909  Figure in the Mountains, 1920  Eternity, 1910  Pessimism, 1910  Dracula, 1917  Dracula, 1917  A Deam From G. Meyerink, 1917  In the Vault, 1920  The Elemental Spirit, 1917  Entrance of the Fish Frogs, 1919  Ghost on the Stairs  Laponder, 1916  The Fish Hook, 1915  Consecration, 1917  Drive, 1917  Angst, Original draft for "The Green Face" by G. Meyrink, Verlag G. Müller, 1917  Doppelganger, 1919  The Shadows, 1919  Golem - Spook, 1916  Original draft for "The Green Face" by G. Meyrink, Verlag G. Müller, 1917  Golem, Dark Corridors  Night, Original draft for "The Green Face" by G. Meyrink, Verlag G. Müller, 1917  Sketch for Macbeth, The Dagger, 1919–1920  In the passage, Original draft of "The Green Face" by G. Meyrink, Verlag G. Müller, 1917  Rocky landscape, 1920  Fantasies About An Old House, 1917  Untitled, 1917  Torture Tower, 1919  Fantasies About an Old House   Untitled  Untitled  Macbeth, 1914 
 "Munich artist Fritz Schwimbeck is best known for his dark, psychological pen and ink images from before 1920. Labeled a Malerpoet (Painter poet), Schwimbeck illustrated numerous books with his engrossing narrative prints and graphic drawings. The term Malerpoet was made popular by the German art historian and publisher of the important art periodical Die Kunst für Alle, Dr. Georg Jakob Wolf (1882-1936), who coined the description for artists that created visions of pure, primeval imagination. The Malerpoeten championed black and white images because they believed that a lack of color allowed for just enough distance from reality, moving the viewer to create their own subjective understanding of the picture. German artists drew upon the brooding influence of Albrecht Durer’s prints to create a modern supernatural experience. Schwimbeck’s many notable accomplishments include illustrations for art books and editions of works by Arnold Strindberg, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe and E. T. A. Hoffmann." - quote source 
Most artworks found at Christie's and Karl & Faber.

Artworks found at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 
 Benjamin Pollock's Toy Shop is still in business in the UK, selling all manner of toy theaters, shadow boxes, puppets and more. Check it out.  Richard Doyle's illustrations of Jack the Giant Killer were previously posted here.

Artwork found at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Images found thanks to Gerry Morris. 
An excellent summary of this strange novel can be read at The Best of British Fantasy.

The artwork is on display at Musée du Luxembourg.

Another fantastic work found at the British Museum.

Artist unknown, wood engraving attributed to the British style. Artwork found at The British Museum.

Dobrynya Nikitich's Battle with the Seven-Headed Zmey, 1913-1918 

Prince Ivan's Battle with the Three-Headed Serpent, 1910–1912 

Archangel Michael, 1914–1915 

Poster for charity bazaar to support war victims 

Baba Yaga, 1917 

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1887 

Sirin and Alkonost, The Birds of Joy and Sorrow, 1896

Kashchei the Immortal, 1917–1919 

Knight at the Crossroads, 1882 

Last Judgement, 1904 

Sleeping Princess, 1913-17.

Pieter van der Heyden, After Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Pride, 1558 

Pieter van der Heyden, After Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Gluttony, 1558

  Pieter van der Heyden, After Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Envy, 1558 

No names or dates are attributed to these four paintings, all variations of Bruegel's engraved series "The Seven Deadly Sins."

Additional engravings based on the works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder were previously shared here.

The Descent Into Limbo, 1559-63

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1556 

The Last Judgement, 1558 

Saint James and the Magician Hermogenes, 1565 

The Fall of the Magician, 1565 

The Witch of Malleghem, 1559 

The Fight of the Money Bags and Strong Boxes, 1570-1601 

Pride, 1558 

Lechery, 1558 

Envy, 1558 

Avarice, 1558 

Sloth, 1558 

Anger, 1558 

Gluttony, 1558 

Patience, 1557 

Big Fish Eats Little Fish, 1557 

The Peddler Pillaged by Apes, 1562 

Fortitude, 1560-62 

 

All artworks attributed to Pieter van der Heyden except for "Fortitude" which is attributed to Philips Galle.   Engravings published by Hieronymus Cock. 

All artworks found at Rijksmuseum.

The above four paintings are depictions of the theme of "The Temptation of Saint Anthony."

An Allegory of Greed 

An Allegory of Vanity 

An Alchemist Or Apothecary In His Laboratory 

An Alchemist in His Study 

The Surgeon's Visit 

The Monkey Surgeon 

 

The above 10 artworks originate from a series of eight engravings by Toms, published by George Foster c.1730. 

Two artworks by the younger Egbert van Heemskerck were previously shared here. 

 

"Attempts to distinguish the work of the elder and younger Heemskerck, where they overlap, have as yet been unsuccessful. An even older Egbert van Heemskerk, often reported to have lived from 1610–1680, may not have existed. Egbert van Heemskerck the Younger was born between 1666 and 1686 and died in 1744, the locations apparently unknown." - quote source

Satire on the Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church 

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1629 

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Scene of Witchcraft

Allegory of Human Folly, 1629 

Witchcraft scene with Saint Anthony on the Sabbath

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

A Witches Sabbath 

 

You'll find more paintings by Cornelis Saftleven previously shared here.  An assortment of demon drawings by the artist were previously shared here.

I created Monster Brains fifteen years ago today, January 23 2006. I started the site by sharing the art of Mat Brinkman, Wayne Barlowe, Ernst Fuchs and Zdzislaw Beksinski. Monster Brains has grown from a link sharing blog to more of a dedicated gallery onto itself. One of the highlights from consistently posting over the past decade and a half was having film director Guillermo del Toro proclaim the site "One of the greatest websites in the world: MONSTER BRAINS!!" 
I'm a working artist and keeping the site updated over the years while making a living as an artist has grown more difficult. That said, I'm still devoted to keeping it updated with an ever growing collection of obscure and interesting monster related art. 
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Woman Of The Apocalypse  Saint Michael Fighting The Dragon  The Four Horsemen  Angel With The Key Of The Bottomless Pit  Saint John Devouring The Book  Seven Angels With The Trumpets  Beast With Two Horns Like A Lamb  Adoration Of The Lamb  Martydom Of Saint John  Opening Of The Fifth And Sixth Seals  Saint John Before God And The Elders  Whore of Babylon  Four Avenging Angels  Four Angels Holding The Winds 
"The Apocalypse, properly Apocalypse with Pictures (Latin: Apocalipsis cum figuris) is a series of fifteen woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer published in 1498 depicting various scenes from the Book of Revelation, which rapidly brought him fame across Europe. These woodcuts likely drew on theological advice, particularly from Johannes Pirckheimer, the father of Dürer's friend Willibald Pirckheimer. Work on the series started during Dürer's first trip to Italy (1494–95), and the set was published simultaneously as a 15-page book in Latin and German at Nuremberg in 1498, at a time when much of secular Europe feared an invasion of the Ottoman Empire and Christian Europe anticipated a possible Last Judgment in the year 1500. Dürer was the publisher and seller of this series, and became the first artist to publish a book and create a copyright." - quote source

Harrowing of Hell, from the Engraved Passion series (1512), Hand-coloured by Hans Mack, 1585  Harrowing of Hell, from the Engraved Passion series, 1512 

 Artworks found at The Chester Beatty's Digital Collections and The Harvard Library.

Here's a selection of drawings by one of my favorite French artists, TANX. 

See more here. 

The artist is also on instagram.