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Ex libris from the library of Badia Fiorentina. Major works of art in the church include the Apparition of the Virgin to St. Bernard (c. 1486) by Filippino Lippi (originally commissioned by Piero del Pugliese for his chapel at Chiesa di Santa Maria del Santo Sepolcro [] or delle Campora) and the tombs of Willa's son Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany (died 1001) and the lawyer and diplomat Bernardo ...
The statue was erected in 1865 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of Dante's birth. The pedestal was designed by Luigi del Sarto. The creation of a statue of a famous Florentine by a sculptor from Ravenna caused some rumblings. Florence and Ravenna had for years disputed who was to hold the remains of Dante: his native city or the city of his ...
Dante mentions the family by della Sannella, one of the ancient names of the family. [10] Dante placed the Simonetti family in Paradiso XVI, among the ancient noble families of Florence and Cacciaguida. In Canto XVI of Paradiso, Dante says: Therefore should not appear a marvellous thing What I shall say of the great Florentines
Domenico's most famous work is the Comedy Illuminating Florence on the north wall of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence. According to documents, the painting was commissioned on 30 January 1465 and was designed by Alesso Baldovinetti. [2] It shows Dante Alighieri presenting his famous poem, the Divine Comedy, to the
Dante is depicted (bottom, centre) in Andrea di Bonaiuto's 1365 fresco Church Militant and Triumphant in the Santa Maria Novella church, Florence. In 1373, a little more than half a century after Dante's death, the Florentine authorities softened their attitude to him and decided to establish a department for the study of the Divine Comedy.
Dante's house museum in Florence. The house has been significantly altered since Dante's time. [15] Alleged Dante portrait attributed to Giotto, in the chapel of the Bargello palace, Florence. [16] It was painted c. 1335 and has been restored. [17] Dante was born in Florence, Republic of Florence, in what is now Italy. The exact date of his ...
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Villa Carducci, Florence, c. 1455. Manente degli Uberti (1212 – 11 November 1264), known as Farinata degli Uberti, [a] was an Italian aristocrat and military leader of the Ghibelline faction in Florence. He was considered to be a heretic by some of his contemporaries, including Dante Alighieri, who mentioned Farinata in his Inferno.