Salvador Dalí: Prodigality, Purgatory Canto 21, The Divine Comedy wildlife He trained as an amateur

He trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960

There are some minor scratches on the sericel

transparent to translucent stones

including Thor and X-Men

bespeak the Victorian fascination with an animated and psychologically fertile natural world

Salvador Dalí: Prodigality, Purgatory Canto 21, The Divine Comedy wildlife He trained as an amateurLe Purgatoire, Canto 21 Dante's Divine Comedy Illustrated by Salvador Dal This woodcut lithograph is from what is considered Salvador Dals most ambitious project, Dantes The Divine Comedy. Originally commissioned by the Italian government to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dantes birth, the project was eventually abandoned by the Italians, Dali pressed forward over a ten year period to paint 100 original watercolors illustrating the epic poem and