Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Barrators are immersed in boiling pitch

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XXI, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 5: Barrators (corrupt politicians) are immersed in a lake of boiling pitch and torn into pieces with claws by demons.
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_491

License type

Rights managed

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