Hellmouth | Master of Catherine of Cleves | c. 1440 Frame Options:Black Frame making the painting as much

making the painting as much about the act of dreaming as about the history it depicts

"Ghost of Genta Yoshihira Taking Revenge

luminous form heightens the emotional stakes

The painting shows a faithful collie resting its head mournfully on the closed coffin of its deceased master—a humble shepherd

and embroidered fabrics

Hellmouth | Master of Catherine of Cleves | c. 1440 Frame Options:Black Frame making the painting as muchAbout the artwork: Hellmouth (c. 1440) by the Master of Catherine of Cleves is one of the most striking and terrifying depictions of damnation in medieval Christian art. Painted as part of an illuminated manuscript, it visualizes the entrance to Hell as a monstrous, open mouthed beast swallowing the damneda symbol that merged biblical references to the mouth of Sheol with medieval imagination. The glowing reds, flames, and tortured figures evoke both