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

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…

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