Title

"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: Encounter with Cardinal Peter Damian

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), Seventh Sphere: Saturn. Canto XXI; The Contemplatives. Dante meets Cardinal Peter Damian on the mysteries of monasticism and predestination.
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_237

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,1Mb (3,9Mb) / 13,7in x 19,6in / 4101 x 5886 (300dpi)

Keywords

Heaven Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Light Heaven Clouds Celestial circle Man Woman Religious Stairs Sphere 7 Sphere VII Stairs Symbol