Title

"The Divine Comedy", Paradiso: St Bernard and Dante before the Virgin and the Holy Trinity

Caption

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Paradiso (Paradise), Ninth Sphere: The Primum Mobile. Canto XXXIII; The Empyrean. Prayer of St Bernard to the Virgin in favour of Dante. Dante plunges his eyes into the infinite Essence: intuition of the unity of the universe in God, of the unity and trinity, of the mystery of the Incarnation.
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_242

License type

Rights managed

Available size

67,3Mb (4,6Mb) / 13,5in x 19,3in / 4059 x 5796 (300dpi)

Keywords

Heaven Painting Lithograph Illustration Divine Comedy Italy Poetry Middle Ages Literature 1923 Light Heaven Clouds Celestial circle Man Woman Religious Virgin Mary God the Father Jesus Christ Dove of the Holy Spirit Halo Mandorle Flock Multitude Sphere 9 Sphere IX Ray Rays