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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Amos Nattini
Title
"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Barrators are immersed in boiling pitch (detail)
Caption
Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XXI, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 5: Barrators (corrupt politicians) are immersed in a lake of boiling pitch and torn into pieces with claws by demons.
Detail of a demon bringing a Senator of Lucca in to the lake of pitch.
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_490
License type
Rights managed
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