Title
"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: vision of the birth of Christ, his crucifixion, of Adam and Eve chasing from Paradiso
Caption
Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), Second Sphere: Mercury. Canto VII. Beatrice guesses Dante's doubts about the revenge of Christ's death. She explains to him the doctrine of the Incarnation, the corruptibility of the elements and the resurrection of the bodies.
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_040
License type
Rights managed
Available size
141,9Mb (6,8Mb) / 19,5in x 28,2in / 5853 x 8472 (300dpi)