Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Seducers and ruffians whipped by the demons

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XVIII, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 1: Panderers and seducers are being whipped by horned demons for eternity.
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_484

License type

Rights managed

Available size

151,2Mb (8,8Mb) / 20,0in x 29,4in / 6000 x 8808 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hell Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Naked Nude Nudity Fear Lamentation Torture Whipping Lashing Pain Torture Sentenced Sentence