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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Amos Nattini
Title
"The Divine Comedy", Purgatorio: Sloth and Avarice
Caption
Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Purgatorio (Purgatory), Canto XIX, Fourth and Fifth terraces; Sloth and Avarice. Souls whose sins was deficient love and souls who sinned by loving good things. Encounter with Pope Adrian V, example of ecclesiastical power and prestige.
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_020
License type
Rights managed
Available size
66,8Mb (4,3Mb) / 13,6in x 19,1in / 4077 x 5730 (300dpi)