Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: the wrathful immersed in the muddy waters of the Styx

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto VIII, Circle 5: Wrath. Dante and Virgil meet the wrathful immersed in the muddy and stinking waters of the river Styx at the foot of the City of Dis in fire.
Private collection.

Info+

In 1921, for Dante Aligheri's 600th anniversary of death, the Istituto Nazionale Dantesco chose Amos Nattini to illustrate The Divine Comedy. The illustrations have been published in 1923.

Date

1923

Credit line

Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12

Reference

DGL13A00_470

License type

Rights managed

Available size

143,8Mb (10,1Mb) / 30,0in x 18,6in / 9000 x 5584 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hell Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Body Nudity Rampart City Fire Blue Orange Drowning Drowned Damned Gate Fortification City City walls