A fine bronze depicting the poet, writer and philosopher Dante Alighieri (1265-1321).
The bronze is crisply cast and set upon a marble base. There is a small amount of movement to bronze mount but otherwise the whole is in an excellent condition throughout.
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (1265 – 321) was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
Dante was instrumental in establishing the literature of Italy. His depictions of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven provided inspiration for the larger body of Western art and literature. He influenced English writers such as Geoggrey Chaucer, John Milton and Alfred Tennyson, among many others. In addition, the first use of the interlocking three-line rhyme scheme, or the terza rima, is attributed to him. He is described as the "father" of the Italian language, and in Italy he is often referred to as il Sommo Poeta ("the Supreme Poet"). Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also called the tre corone ("three crowns") of Italian literature.
Dimensions
Height: 13.5cm
Width: 4.5cm
Depth: 4.6cm
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