Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Heretics are trapped in flaming tombs

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto X, Circle 6: Heresy. Heretics are trapped in flaming tombs. Dante converses with Farinata degli Uberti and Cavalcante de Cavalcanti (father of the poet Guido Cavalcanti), two Epicurian Florentines in one of the tombs.
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

DGL13A00_473

License type

Rights managed

Available size

129,7Mb (7,4Mb) / 18,3in x 27,5in / 5500 x 8244 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hell Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Damned Body Nudity Muscled Muscle structure Coffin Red Orange Tomb Zombie Living dead