Title

"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: Distribution of the Blessed in the Rose

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), Ninth Sphere: The Primum Mobile. Canto XXXII; The Empyrean. The elected representatives of the Old and New Law. Appearance of the Archangel Gabriel. St Bernard affirms the need to invoke Mary's intervention.
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_241

License type

Rights managed

Available size

122,8Mb (7,2Mb) / 18,3in x 26,0in / 5500 x 7806 (300dpi)

Keywords

Heaven Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Light Heaven Clouds Celestial circle Man Woman Religious Virgin Mary Eve Archangel Gabriel Moses Sphere 9 Sphere IX Winged angel