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Dante Alighieri, (sculpture). Artist:  Ximenes, Ettore, 1855-1926, sculptor. Warren & Wetmore, architectural firm. Denigris Brothers, founder. Title:  Dante Alighieri, (sculpture). Dates:  1912-1921. Dedicated 1921. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 65 ft. Inscription:  Denigris Brothers Founder's mark appears. Description:  Dante is depicted wearing long robes and a laurel wreath around his head. On his proper right side he holds a copy of his poem, "The Divine Comedy," with both hands. Subject:  Portrait male -- Alighieri, Dante -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Ethnic -- Italian Object -- Written Matter -- Book Literature -- Dante -- Divine Comedy Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Dante Square, Broadway & 65th Street, New York, New York Remarks:  The sculpture was given to the City of New York by Italian Americans. The total cost of the sculpture was $20,000, with $10,000 of it provided by Italian Americans. The Dante Alighieri Society planned a Dante monument to salute the 50th anniversary of Italian unification in 1912, but the monument was not completed until 1921, so it marked the 600th anniversary of Dante's death. In 1921, Carlo Barsotti donated a replica of this piece for Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. (IAS record number DC000028) References:  Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0276, 1989. Monumental News, Nov. 1910, pg. 807. Illustration:  Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 265. 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 87870183   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87870183 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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