Inferno According to Dante
<p>The frightening depiction of Hell follows Dante’s use of <em>contrapasso</em> (suffer the opposite) in which the sinners’ penance is based on the nature of their crimes. The gluttons to Satan’s left, for example, face a dinner table, but the tormenting demons prevent them from eating.<br>This print is a copy of a mid-1330s fresco in Campo Santo, Pisa, by Francesco Traini. It was made by an unknown Florentine engraver before extensive renovations to the fresco in 1523 radically altered the composition.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1460
- Dimensions
- Plate: 22 × 28.2 cm (8 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 28 × 26.2 cm (11 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Printmaking
Circle of Baccio Baldini (Italian, c. 1436–1487)
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1460
- Dimensions
- Plate: 22 × 28.2 cm (8 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 28 × 26.2 cm (11 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1460-082830
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified