Portrait of Dante

Giotto di Bondone

1290-1300

Physical Description

Medium: fresco (long lost under whitewash)

Production Description

Production Date: 1290-1300

Provenance

Current Location: Altar wall, Bargello, Florence
Archival History: re-discovered 1839

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

The importance of this fresco to DGR's development is demonstrated in his Giotto Panting the Portrait of Dante , part of the planned Dante Triptych . DGR's designs draw heavily from Seymour Kirkup's sketch of the Head of Dante .

Literary

Note DGR's translation of Giotto di Bondone's CANZONE Of the Doctrine of Voluntary Poverty .

Bibliography

Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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