Amos Nattini
(1892 - 1985)
 

Amos Nattini was an Italian painter, famous for having illustrated the Divine Comedy.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Nattini

Purgatorio Canto XIX
1939
Lithography
81.9 x 65.6 cm
Collezione Fondazione Cariparma, Parma, Italy

 

It was to celebrate the 6th anniversary of Dante's death that in 1920 the project for a monumental edition of Dante's work came to life, financed by the lawyer Rino Valdamieri, together with other private investors. Amos Nattini executed the edition: he worked on the illustrations, the typographic aspects, the creation of the characters and the technical aspects. He therefore made 100 watercolors, one for each canticle, which were subsequently lithographed. 1000 copies were printed in hand-made rag paper 140x100 cm with leather cover of white calf. It took 20 years and 7 months to complete the artwork.