MINIATURIST, Italian
(active 1380-1400 in Venice)

Dante: Divina Commedia

1380-1400
Manuscript (Cod. It. IX. 276), 430 x 280 mm
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

Dante's Divine Comedy was the most popular text in Venice. Dante had many followers there, especially among the patricians. The picture shows folio 53 with miniatures executed by a Venetian miniaturist.