Title

"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: Dante meets the giant imperial eagle

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), Sixth Sphere: Jupiter. Canto XIX; Where the spirits of the just reside. Dante sees and listens to the giant imperial eagle who explains that divine justice is unfathomable.
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_236

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70,6Mb (4,2Mb) / 13,9in x 19,7in / 4173 x 5916 (300dpi)

Keywords

Heaven Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Light Heaven Clouds Celestial circle Man Woman Justice Allegory Personification Weighing scale Gladius sword Gladiator sword Cross Sphere 6 Sphere VI Circle Bird