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Paradise: Canto XV (Fifth Heaven, Sphere of Mars) from Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), Plate 48 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century)LinkedCulture matchlcp-b63e62bb2b50
- Date
- 1491, portfolio assembled 1929
- Medium
- Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 129348
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This page is from an illustrated edition of the book Paradise from Dante’s Divine Comedy . The poet and narrator, Dante, has already encountered many extraordinary things in the tormenting circles of purgatory and hell, where some of his deceased friends now reside. In this scene, Dante appears at the left with his lamented muse, Beatrice (they are labeled “D” and “B”). She has escorted him to meet his great-great-grandfather, who teaches him about his family origins and the Florence of his lifetime (depicted below). All the souls in heaven appear as blameless infants floating around the main figures.
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