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Originale copper plate to
Portrait of Dante Alighieri
from title page of book edited by Francesco Sansovino Venice – 1564
The portrait of the poet on the title page is derived from a portrait of Dante by the
mannerist painter and author Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574). It offers a telling contrast to
the earlier more idealized and conventional portraits which had presented the poet as if
on a medallion or coin, in classical profile with toga and laurel.
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