Dante Before the City of Florence

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by Henk Bekker

The painting of Dante Before the City of Florence (1465) by Domenico di Michelino

The painting of Dante Before the City of Florence (1465) by Domenico di Michelino shows Dante explaining scenes from his Divine Comedy in front of a Florence that the poet would be totally unfamiliar with. Dante died in 1321 โ€” about a century before the construction of the cupola started.