Title

"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: Meeting with Charles Martel, Cunizza da Romano, and Raab the Jericho prostitute

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), Third Sphere: Venus. Canto IX; Where the spirits of love reside. Meeting with Charles Martel of Anjou, Cunizza da Romano, and Raab, Jericho's prostitute.
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_041

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71,4Mb (4,6Mb) / 13,9in x 19,9in / 4179 x 5970 (300dpi)

Keywords

Heaven Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Light Heaven Clouds Celestial circle Man Woman Sphere III Row Queue Sky Blue