Title

"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: Encounter with Thomas Aquinas

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), Fourth Sphere: The Sun. Canto XI; Encounter with Thomas Aquinas, who praises the virtues of St. Francis of Assisi and regrets the decline of the Dominican order.
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_042

License type

Rights managed

Available size

123,8Mb (7,3Mb) / 18,3in x 26,2in / 5500 x 7869 (300dpi)

Keywords

Heaven Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Light Heaven Clouds Celestial circle Man Woman Religious Doubt Sphere 4 Sphere IV Monk Friar