Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Dante and Virgil attacked by three beasts

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto I: Dante gets lost in a dark forest. Virgil appears. They are attacked by three beasts (a lonza, a leone and a lupa).
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_232

License type

Rights managed

Available size

129,7Mb (9,0Mb) / 18,3in x 27,5in / 5500 x 8245 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hell Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Dante Virgil Fear Wild animal Big cat Animal Lion Panther Leopon She wolf