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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Amos Nattini
Title
"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: the Violent Against Nature
Caption
Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XVI, Circle 7: Violence. 3rd Ring: Against God, Art and Nature. The Violent against Nature (the Sodomites). Encounter with three Florentines: Dante meets Guido Guerra, Tegghiaio Aldobrandi and Iacopo Rusticucci, who asks for news of the city of Florence.
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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_480
License type
Rights managed
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