15 Inches High x 16.375 Inches Wide x 9 Inches Deep
A bust of Dante Alighieri, the Medieval Italian poet. The original is believed to be modeled after a death mask (which researchers have recently considered may not be a mask but a fragment from a now lost sepulchral effigy). The mask is in the Museo di Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.
Artist: Unknown
Museum: National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Time Period: Gothic
1911 Catalog ID # – 5166