Title

"The Divine Comedy", Purgatorio: Dante and Virgil before Peter's Gate

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Purgatorio (Purgatory), Canto IX, Ante-Purgatory, the Late-Repentant; Dante and Virgil at the door of Purgatory, Peter's Gate. They meet the guardian, an angel who tells them the seven capital vices, and invites them to recite the "Mea culpa".
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

DGL13A01_013

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57,9Mb (3,4Mb) / 12,8in x 17,6in / 3834 x 5280 (300dpi)

Keywords

Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Angle Guardian Dante Virgil Wing Guard Guarding Sword Letter P Peccatum Sin Entrance Door Kneeled Kneeling