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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Amos Nattini
Title
"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Simoniacs having their feet burnt (detail)
Caption
Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XIX, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 3: Simoniacs, placed head-downwards, having flames burning the soles of their feet (detail).
Private collection
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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_487
License type
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