Portrait of Dante Alighieri

After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus Netherlandish

Publisher Philips Galle Netherlandish

ca. 1595

Not on view

Engraving celebrating Dante. The central roundel includes a large portrait of the poet. A smaller roundel above includes a portrait of Beatrice and a smaller roundel below represents a double portrait of Virgil and Statius. Portraits surrounded by four diagrams in each corner representing Paradise, the Heavens, Jerusalem with Limbo and Hell as well as the Terrestrial Paradise. The inscription at the base of the image boasts of Dante's Florentine origins and his work and dedicates the image to Luigi Alamanni.

Artwork Details

Title: Portrait of Dante Alighieri
Artist: After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523–1605 Florence)
Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp)
Artist: Cornelis Galle I (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1576–1650 Antwerp)
Date: ca. 1595
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (27 x 20 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Object Number: 28.7.28
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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