Title

"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: Encounter with St Bonaventure

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), Fourth Sphere: The Sun. Canto XII; Where the wise spirits reside. Dante meets St Bonaventure who recounts the life of St Dominique and regrets the decline of the Franciscan 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_043

License type

Rights managed

Available size

120,8Mb (6,9Mb) / 18,3in x 25,6in / 5500 x 7675 (300dpi)

Keywords

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