Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Flatterers are steeped in excrement

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XVIII, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 2: Flatterers are steeped in excrement as they fight amongst themselves.
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_485

License type

Rights managed

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