# Famous Persons: Dante Allighieri [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Fresco, transferred to wood, 250 x 154 cm ## Commentary Famous Persons: Dante Allighieri c. 1450 Fresco, transferred to wood, 250 x 154 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence The picture shows one of the three Tuscan poets represented in the cycle. Dante Alighieri \(1265-1321\) is Italy's greatest poet and also one of the towering figures in western European literature. He is best known for his monumental epic poem, La commedia, later named La divina commedia \(The Divine Comedy\). <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 16 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/liszt\_dante.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Franz Liszt: Dante-sonata</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels]() - [Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels \(synopia\)]() - [Crucifixion and Saints]() - [Crucifixion \(detail\)]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Deposition]() - [Dormition of the Virgin]() - [Dormition of the Virgin]() - [Dormition of the Virgin]() - [Famous Persons Cycle \(reconstruction\)]() - [Famous Persons: Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()