Ladder of Divine Ascent is a tempera painting created by painter and priest Emmanuel Tzanes.

The family eventually settled in Venice where Emmanuel was elected priest of San Giorgio dei Greci where he completed a large number of his works from 1660 to 1690.

The book was a philosophical guide for monastic life following the teachings of Jesus Christ written for Abba John, Abbot of Raithu.

An unknown painter completed a work of the Ladder of Divine Ascent in the 12th century which is located at Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai.

[3][4][5] Hell mouth was a common figure in ancient Greek and Roman art and was adopted by early Greek-Italian Byzantine painters.

The Ladder of Divine Ascent by Tzanes was a gift by Dimitrios Filippis to the Confraternity of the Greeks which was affiliated with San Giorgio dei Greci.

The work was completed in 1663 after the painter migrated from Corfu to Venice and became the priest of San Giorgio dei Greci.