Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Violence. Against Neighbors.

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XII, Circle 7: Violence. 1st Ring : Against Neighbors. The murderers, war-makers, are immersed in Phlegeton, a river of boiling blood and fire.
Dante and Virgil, with the help of the Centaur Nessus, cross the Phlegeton river.
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_474

License type

Rights managed

Available size

130,2Mb (8,2Mb) / 18,3in x 27,6in / 5500 x 8273 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hell Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Damned Body Nudity Muscled Muscle structure Centaur Fantastic animal Zoomorphic Heat Smoke Red Smoke Burning