Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: The Wood of the Suicides

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XIII, Circle 7: Violence. 2nd Ring : Against Self. The souls of the people who attempted or committed suicide are trasnformed into thorny and gnarled trees. Lano da Siena and Jacopo Sant' Andrea are chased through the woods by ferocious dogs.
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_475

License type

Rights managed

Available size

152,5Mb (11,0Mb) / 20,0in x 29,6in / 6000 x 8885 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hell Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Forest Sorrowful Fear Pursuit Escaping Escape Jacopo de Sant' Andrea Woods Trees Naked Tortuous