Title

"The Divine Comedy", Purgatorio: Dante meets Bonagiunta Orbicciani

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Purgatorio (Purgatory), Canto XXIV, Sixth terrace; Gluttony. Dante meets Bonagiunta Orbicciani, who prophetizes on the exile of the poet.
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_025

License type

Rights managed

Available size

124,1Mb (7,8Mb) / 18,3in x 26,3in / 5500 x 7887 (300dpi)

Keywords

Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Bonagiunta de Lucca Bonagiunta Orbicciani Mountain Path Road Nudity Prophecy