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Dante Alighieri, (sculpture). Artist:  Abbate, Paolo Salvatore, 1884-1973, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Dante Alighieri, (sculpture). Dates:  Copyrighted 1921. Dedicated 1921. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 45 x 32 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 90 x 35 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On sculpture:) (copyright symbol) P.S. Abbate 1921 (Incised on front of base:) GIFT/FROM THE ITALIANS/OF RHODE ISLAND/TO BROWN UNIVERSITY/COMMEMORATING/THE SIXTH CENTENARY/OF DANTE'S DEATH/1321-1921 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Bust of Dante Alighieri, wearing a cap and the wreath of a poet. Subject:  Portrait male -- Alighieri, Dante -- Bust Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Ethnic -- Italian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence Sculpture Owner:  Brown University, John Hay Library terrace, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 Remarks:  Gift of the Italian citizens of Rhode Island to commemorate the sixth centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), an Italian poet. This piece is based on a sixteenth century mask made in Ravenna. Sculptor was director of Dante League of America. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, RI0021, 1989. Freeman, Robert & Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: The Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 30. Illustration:  Image on file. Freeman, Robert & Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: The Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 30. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS RI000063   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture RI000063 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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