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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Amos Nattini
Title
"The Divine Comedy", Purgatorio: Meeting the poet Sordello
Caption
Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Purgatorio (Purgatory), Canto VI, Ante-Purgatory, the Late-Repentant; Meeting of the poet Sordello, who is able to explain the Rule of the Mountain. Dante meets the souls of those who died of violent death.
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
DGL13A01_010
License type
Rights managed
Available size
57,0Mb (3,0Mb) / 12,7in x 17,4in / 3816 x 5220 (300dpi)