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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Amos Nattini
Title
"The Divine Comedy", Purgatorio: Dante and Virgil meet Statius
Caption
Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Purgatorio (Purgatory), Canto XXI, Fifth terrace; Avarice. Dante and Virgil meet Statius, the poet who lived in Rome at the time of the fall of Jerusalem, who explain the cause of the earthquake.
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_022
License type
Rights managed
Available size
69,3Mb (4,1Mb) / 13,9in x 19,3in / 4179 x 5796 (300dpi)