Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Divina Commedia
Italy, Florence, 1345-1355
MS M.676 fol. 73v

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Divina Commedia, Purgatorio: Scene, Atonement of Avaricious and Prodigal -- Dante, wearing hat, with right hand raised, stands behind Virgil, bending towards nude soul of Statius of Naples, kneeling before him. To left are nude souls of the avaricious and the prodigal. To right, Dante and Virgil walk with Statius, wearing drawers.