Same subject
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Amos Nattini
Title
"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Imposters, Counterfeiters and Perjurers
Caption
Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Hell, song XXX, Circle 8: Imposters (Falsifiers of Persons), Counterfeiters (Falsifiers of Money) and Perjurers (Falsifiers of Words) are bit by their fellow prisoners, or eaten up by thirst, or devoured by a burning fever.
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
DGL13A01_001
License type
Rights managed
Available size
143,1Mb (9,0Mb) / 20,0in x 27,8in / 6000 x 8337 (300dpi)