Title

"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Falsifiers are afflicted with different types of affliction

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Inferno, Canto XXIX, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 10: Falsifiers (first category are the Alchemists) are afflicted with different types of afflictions; diseases, thirst, filth, screaming.
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_500

License type

Rights managed

Available size

144,2Mb (8,8Mb) / 20,0in x 28,0in / 6000 x 8400 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hell Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Man Woman Torture Bearded Disease Itch Itching Scratching Nudity Naked Floor Ground