PICTUE OF DANTE ONN EXHIBITIONN

The Fogg Ari Museum has announced the exhibition of a two-figure panel picture of Dante and some other poet, either Virgil or Petrarck, attributed to the Florentine painter, Giovanni da Ponte (1385-1437).

Although not a contemporary portrait of Dante, it antedates most of the ideal pictures of the great poet, and is especially pleasing in color an composition.

The figures are in mediaeval Italian dress, standing in a meadow, each holding a book. The figure on the left, in profile wears a grey gown over a red robe, and a red cap; he is apparently about to be crowned by a small winged genius. The figure on the right, standing three-quarters towards the front, wears a blue gown with red cuffs, red shoes, and a red hood. On his head, over the hood, is a laurel wreath. The portrait has a reddish gold background.