Title
"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: Dante and Beatrice in the Celestial Circles
Caption
Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), First Sphere: The Moon. Canto IV; Beatrice discourses with Dante and tells him in which Celestial circles the souls are, on the basis of the merits obtained in life.
Private collection.
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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_037
License type
Rights managed
Available size
69,9Mb (5,2Mb) / 13,9in x 19,6in / 4155 x 5880 (300dpi)