Dantes Aligerius, between 1591 and 1612

Portrait of dante alighieri, bust-length in a lettered oval, turned to right, holding a book; above, in a lettered roundel, a portrait of beatrice crowned with laurel; below, in a lettered roundel, the poets virgil and statius; in the four corners diagrams of paradise, the empyrean heaven, the inferno and purgatorio; surrounded by a frame with cherubs and demons engraving. Date: between 1591 and 1612. Dimensions: Height: 273 mm; Width: 205 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Dante. Collection: British Museum.