Title

"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: Dante meets Cacciaguida

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), Fifth Sphere: Mars. Canto XVI; Where are those who fought and died for the faith. Dante meets Cacciaguida who tells the beauty and virtues of the Republic of Florence of his time, the decadence and disappearance of the great Florentine families.
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_045

License type

Rights managed

Available size

122,1Mb (6,4Mb) / 18,3in x 25,9in / 5500 x 7759 (300dpi)

Keywords

Heaven Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Light Heaven Clouds Celestial circle Man Woman Sphere 5 Sphere V Row Stairs Flying