Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: the cortege of the Hypocrites and the sorrow of Caiphas

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XXIII, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 6: Hypocrites wearing gilded robes weighted with lead. On the ground lies Caiaphas.
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_492

License type

Rights managed

Available size

150,8Mb (10,2Mb) / 20,0in x 29,3in / 6000 x 8782 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hell Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Torture Dante Virgil Procession Cortege Monk Nudity Caiaphas Ground Lying Floor