Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Thieves are bitten by snakes

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Hell, song XXIV, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 7: the Thieves are pursued and bitten by snakes and lizards. One sinner, Vanni Fucci tells a dark prophecy against Dante.
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_493

License type

Rights managed

Available size

145,2Mb (8,5Mb) / 20,0in x 28,2in / 6000 x 8460 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hell Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Man Woman Nudity Snake Sin Torture Snake Naked Woman Women Man Men Reptile Reptiles