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Dante Alighieri, is a public artwork by Italian artist Ettore Ximenes, located at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., United States. Dante Alighieri was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1994. The monument is a tribute to Italian poet Dante Alighieri. ==Description== The statue depicts Dante standing wearing a robe and a laurel wreath upon his head. At his proper right side he holds a copy of The Divine Comedy in his hands. The statue rests on a granite base (6 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 10 in.). The proper right side of the bronze is signed by Ximenes and the rear of the figure is stamped with the founders mark for Roman Bronze Works. The front of the base features the inscription: DANTE And on the back of the base is inscribed: :DANTE ALIGHIERI :PRESENTED TO THE :CITY OF WASHINGTON :IN BEHALF OF THE :ITALIANS IN THE :UNITED STATES BY :COMM CARLO BARSOTTI 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dante Alighieri (Ximenes)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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