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Portrait of Dante Alighieri
Engraving, 29.1 x 18.5 cm, by
Francesco Allegrini, after Giuseppe Zocchi, 1761
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| A half-length portrait of the poet Dante Alighieri, wearing a laurel
wreath on his head, dedicated to Giovanni Francesco Malaspina. Below the
portrait is his coat of arms, surrounded by text that reads: |
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'The divine poet
Alighieri, Florentine. Born in 1261; died in 1321 in Ravenna. To
the singular merit of the Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord
Giovanni Francesco Malaspina, Marquis of Mulazzo, Abbot of the
Imperial Abbey of St. Caprasio of Aulla. Taken from an ancient
painting hanging at the home of Signor Battista Dei, Antiquarian
of His Imperial Majesty.'
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