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Florence's Uffizi Gallery is showing illustrations from the Divine Comedy to mark the 700th anniversary of the death of author Dante Alighieri.
The illustrations, by painter Federico Zuccari, date back to the end of the 16th century and can be viewed online. The digital exhibition features dozens of images from the epic poem, accompanied by explanations in Italian, with English texts to follow.
Italy's national poet, Dante lived from 1265 to 1321. Zuccari is famed for his work on the frescoes in the dome of Florence’s Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral.

He began working on 88 drawings for Dante’s poem in Spain in 1586, according to the Uffizi.
Celebrations are planned throughout 2021 in Italy to mark Dante’s life and writing.
President Sergio Mattarella officially launched the year of festivities in September in the eastern city of Ravenna, where the medieval poet's tomb is located.

Dante was born in Florence and his Divine Comedy describes a visionary journey through the afterlife in the realms of hell, purgatory and paradise.
His work is regarded as one of the greatest in world literature. It is credited with having made Italian a literary language and helping shape European thinking and imagination.
At present, people in Italy cannot visit exhibitions in person due to regulations to stem the spread of the coronavirus.


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Florence’s Uffizi art gallery shows digital collection of scenes from Divine Comedy to mark death of Dante Alighieri

An artwork shows Ulisse and Diomede, one of the original 88 drawings that went with Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy by artist Federico Zuccari. Photo: Uffizi Gallery via AP

This image made available on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, shows Pier della Vigna, the forest of suicides, one of the original 88 drawings that went with Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy by artist Federico Zuccari. Florence’s Uffizi Gallery is making available for viewing online 88 rarely displayed drawings of Dante’s Divine Comedy to mark the 700th anniversary in 2021 of the famed Italian poet’s death. The virtual show of high-resolution images of works by the 16th Century Renaissance artist Federico Zuccari will be accessible from Friday “for free, any hour of the day, for everyone,’’ said Uffizi director Eike Schmidt. (Roberto Palermo/Uffizi Gallery via AP)

This image made available on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, shows Cerberus, the two headed dog, one of the original 88 drawings that went with Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy by artist Federico Zuccari. Florence’s Uffizi Gallery is making available for viewing online 88 rarely displayed drawings of Dante’s Divine Comedy to mark the 700th anniversary in 2021 of the famed Italian poet’s death. The virtual show of high-resolution images of works by the 16th Century Renaissance artist Federico Zuccari will be accessible from Friday “for free, any hour of the day, for everyone,’’ said Uffizi director Eike Schmidt. (Roberto Palermo/Uffizi Gallery via AP)

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The illustrations, by painter Federico Zuccari, date back the end of the 16th century
Celebrations are planned throughout 2021 in Italy to mark Dante‘s life and writing



Italy’s national poet, Dante lived from 1265 to 1321 and his Divine Comedy is regarded as one of the greatest in world literature.


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Florence’s Uffizi art gallery shows digital collection of scenes from Divine Comedy to mark death of Dante Alighieri

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} The illustrations, by painter Federico Zuccari, date back the end of the 16th century Celebrations are planned throughout 2021 in Italy to mark Dante‘s life and writing

The illustrations, by painter Federico Zuccari, date back the end of the 16th century

Celebrations are planned throughout 2021 in Italy to mark Dante‘s life and writing