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Dante Alighieri (Ximenes)
''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 Acquisition and dedication ''Dante'' is a cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ettore Ximenes
Ettore Ximenes (11 April 1855, Palermo 20 December 1926, Rome) was an Italian sculptor. Biography Son of Antonio Ximenes and Giulia Tolentino, a Sicilian noble woman, Ettore Ximenes initially embarked on literary studies but then took up sculpture and attended the courses at the Palermo Academy of Fine Arts. After 1872, he continued training at the Naples Academy under Domenico Morelli and Stanislao Lista. He also established a close relationship with Vincenzo Gemito. He returned to Palermo in 1874 and won a competition for a four-year grant, which enabled him to study and open a studio for sculpture in Florence. In 1873 at Vienna, he exhibited ''Work without Genius''. In 1877 at Naples, he exhibited a life-size statue titled ''The Equilibrium'' about a gymnast walking on a sphere. He would make copies of this work in small marble and bronze statuettes. He exhibited a stucco ''Christ and the Adultress'' and ''Il cuore del re (Heart of the King)'', the latter depicting an of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
