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Dante
British SchoolLate 16th century / early 17th century
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
"Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), poet and author of the 'Divina Commedia'.
The precise source of this coarse painting remains unidentified, but it may be compared, in reverse, with the half-length portraits of Dante in the Uffizi, Florence (P1563, pendant to a Petrarch, P1562) and the Yale University Art Gallery. Size and format compare closely with Alleyn's sets of Kings and Queens and Sibyls (British School DPG521-36 and DPG537-45); DPG427 was doubtless acquired by Alleyn, very possibly from 'Mr Gibkyn' (see British School DPG537). DPG427 may have belonget to a set of poets otherwise including perhaps Ariosto, Tasso and Petrarch."
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- Title: Dante
- Date: Late 16th century / early 17th century
- Physical Dimensions: w495 x h619 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Notes: The precise source of this coarse painting remains unidentified, but it may be compared, in reverse, with the half-length portraits of Dante in the Uffizi, Florence (P1563, pendant to a Petrarch, P1562) and the Yale University Art Gallery. Size and format compare closely with Alleyn's sets of Kings and Queens and Sibyls (British School DPG521-36 and DPG537-45); DPG427 was doubtless acquired by Alleyn, very possibly from 'Mr Gibkyn' (see British School DPG537). DPG427 may have belonget to a set of poets otherwise including perhaps Ariosto, Tasso and Petrarch.
- Work Nationality: British
- Support: Canvas
- School: British School
- Provenance: Probably Alleyn Bequest, 1626.
- Inscriptions: Inscribed top: 'DANTES ALDIGERIV'
- Acquisition Method: Alleyn, Edward (Bequest, 1626)
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