subjects:
John Dickson Batten:
Illustrations for Dante’s ‘Inferno’. By
Peter Hainsworth. 124 pp. incl. 48 col. ills (Panarc Publishing,
Ringwood, Hampshire, 2021) £20,
ISBN 978–19–161–5666–1. |
:
subjects:
Scaramuzza: Le tavole per
la Divina Commedia, with a
preface by Carlo Ossola and
texts by Vittorio Sgarbi, Lina
Bolzoni and Simone Verde. 316 pp.
incl. 283 col. + b. & w. ills.
(Allemandi, Turin, 2021), €50.
ISBN 978–88–422–2544–7. |
:
subjects:
Visions of Heaven: Dante and
the Art of Divine Light, by Martin
Kemp. 240 pp. incl. 122 col. ills. (Lund
Humphries, London, 2021), £45.
ISBN 978–18–482–2467–4. |
:
subjects:
Dante: The Invention of Celebrity, Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford. (17th September 2021–
9th January 2022) |
:
subjects:
An Ancient and
Honourable Citizen of Florence: The Bargello and Dante, Museo Nazionale
del Bargello, Florence (21st April–31st July 2021). |
:
subjects:
Dante a Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona and elsewhere (2020-21) |
:
subjects:
Dante e la cultura del Trecento a Mantova, Museo di Palazzo Ducale, Mantua (15th October 2021–9th January
2022), |
:
subjects:
Dante: La visione dell’arte, Musei
San Domenico, Forlì (30th April–11th July 2021) |
:
subjects:
Inferno, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome (15th October 2021–9th January 2022). |
:
subjects:
Un splendor mi
squarciò il velo: Dante illustrato: dal codice 3285 a Scaramuzza, Complesso
Monumentale della Pilotta, Parma (20th November 2021–13th February
2022). |
:
Attributed works:
1. Virgil, by the Master of Campionese. c.1220. Red Verona marble,
124 by 73 by 40 cm. (Musei Civici, Mantua; Bridgeman Images; exh.
Musei San Domenico, Forlì).
Attributed works:
2. Frontispiece of Purgatory, from the Divine Comedy by Dante, copied
by Francesco di ser Nardo da Barberino, illuminated by the Master of
the Dominican Effigies. 1337. (Codex Trivulsiano 1080, fol.36r; Archivio
Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan; exh. Museo Nazionale del
Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
3. Dante Alighieri, by Andrea del Castagno. c.1450. Fresco transferred
to canvas, 247 by 153 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Musei san
Domenico, Forlì).
Attributed works:
4. That is the man who went to Hell and came back, by Francesco
Saverio Altamura. 1860–65. Oil on canvas, 88 by 203 cm. (Museo dell’
Ottocento, Pescara; exh. Galleria d’Arte Moderna ‘Achille Forti’, Verona).
Attributed works:
5. Cope of Pope Boniface VIII. Opus cyprense, second half of the 13th
century. Red silk and gold thread, 140 by 325 cm. (Chapter of the
Cathedral Basilica, Anagni; exh. Musei San Domenico, Forlì).
Attributed works:
6. Tree of Life, by Pacino di Buonaguida. 1310–15. Tempera on panel, 248
by 170 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence; exh. Museo Nazionale del
Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
7. Dante in Oxford, from The Poet’s Corner, by Max Beerbohm, London
1904. Lithograph, 37 by 28 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
8. Antaeus, by John Dickson Batten. 1897–1900. Pen-and-ink on paper,
18.4 by 27.7 cm. (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford; courtesy the Principal and
Fellows of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford).