Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Sowers of Discord are mutilated for eternity

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 9: Sowers of Discord are hacked and mutilated for eternity by a demon with a bloody sword.
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_499

License type

Rights managed

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