# Dante: Divina Commedia [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VECCHIETTA]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Manuscript \(Yates Thompson Ms. 36\), 365 x 263 mm \(folio size\) ## Commentary Dante: Divina Commedia 1440s Manuscript \(Yates Thompson Ms. 36\), 365 x 263 mm \(folio size\) British Library, London In this manuscript of the Divine Comedy, made in Siena in the 1440s for Alfonso V, king of Naples \(1416-1458\), the initial shown here \(folio 65r\) is attributed to Vecchietta and <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/giovanni/paolo/miniatu.html'\)" href="/html/g/giovanni/paolo/miniatu.html">other miniatures</a> in the volume are ascribed to Giovanni di Paolo. In the initial, the sails are hoisted in the little ship carrying Virgil and Dante on their journey to Purgatory. ## Related artworks - [Alms of St Lawrence]() - [Alms of St Lawrence]() - [Arliquiera \(detail\)]() - [Arliquiera \(outer shutters\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Ciborium]() - [Coronation of Pius II]() - [Death of the Virgin and Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Death of the Virgin]() - [Evangelists on the vault]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()