Who knows, maybe they started to fear what lay in store for their souls beyond the veil of death. He set about drawing Hell’s hierarchy of demons for Collin de Plancy, who himself was initially an occultist liberal, but became an enthusiastic Catholic later in life. A peculiar change in direction Illustration from ‘Diable peint par lui-même’ or ‘The Devil painted by himself’ (1825) depicting Collin de Plancy, reclining on his bed, having a discussion with the devilīut towards the end of his life he dramatically changed course. He then went on to spend most of his life as a draftsman for the French Navy, painting completely innocuous maritime art without a sea serpent, mermaid or Kraken in sight.
But oddly enough, Le Breton began a sensible career as a medical student and soon became a naval surgeon. Louis Le Breton’s illustrations for Jacques Collin de Plancy’s famous Dictionnaire Infernal became the main source of inspiration for how demons, monsters and fantastical beasts have been represented since the 19 th Century.
When it comes to demons, you might think that the sort of artist who set the standard in depicting the demons of Hell would have a chequered, mysterious past. Where did the weird illustrations of hellish creatures found in the French ‘Dictionnaire Infernal’ (1836) come from?ĭictionnaire Infernal by J.
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