My interest in Dante’s Divine Comedy began after attending a lecture at the Royal Academy in London. The lecturer spoke about the text with such enthusiasm that I felt compelled to read it myself — good teachers have that effect 😊. Fortunately, a Dutch translation was published by Athenaeum in 2021, beautifully translated by Ike Cialona and Peter Verstegen.

My understanding of Dante’s work owes much to that book and the Digital Dante website. From these two sources, I selected a few lines in Italian, English, and Dutch that inspired me to create a watercolor sketch for each Canto.