Dante

Garden Name: Italian Garden

Date: 1970


Details of Dante Sculpture in Italian GardenDante Alighieri bronze sculpture portraying the 13-14th century Italian poet, writer, literary theorist, philosopher and political thinker as he might have appeared in his 30’s. Seated on Renaissance style chair with “Divine Comedy” in one hand and pen in the other. Sculpture’s base has excerpts from the “Divine Comedy” in Italian and English text along with a small sculpture illustrating the text. Separate base face listings and photos. See documents section for more details.