Title

"The Divine Comedy", Purgatorio: Dante in the smoke of Wrath

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Purgatorio (Purgatory), Canto XV, Third terrace; Wrath. Dante, wrapped in the smoke of Wrath, meets Marco Lombardo who tells him about free will.
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_019

License type

Rights managed

Available size

119,1Mb (8,9Mb) / 18,3in x 25,2in / 5500 x 7567 (300dpi)

Keywords

Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Man Woman Nudity Haze Marco Lombardo Fog Mist Foggy Haze Smoke