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The Divine Comedy by #Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is a major work of medieval literature and also the cornerstone of the modern Italian literary tradition. After its completion in 1320, Dante's opus magnum appeared in numerous splendidly illuminated manuscripts. As an connoisseur and lover of the literary masterpiece, the Spanish #Renaissance artist Federico Zuccaro (1540-1609) created 88 full-page #illustrations of unique aesthetics for a printed edition from the 1580s. While the magnificent drawings of heaven and hell were made using pencil and red chalk, also known as sanguine, the depictions of purgatory were executed as washed pen-and-ink drawings. They bring the spectacular and often terrifying scenes of the Divina Commedia vividly before the viewer's eyes and make the large-format printed work an unparalleled work of art of the Spanish Renaissance.
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