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- 126 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 5 August 1877.
- in note 12:
...e 11th-century hymn Antiphona de morte; cf. also the beginning of Dante Alighieri’s Divine comedy.
- 159 To Theo van Gogh. Brussels, Friday, 15 October 1880.
- in note 7:
...tained two sample drawings of the head of Dante Alighieri. In vol. 1, Modèles d’après la bosse (...
- in translation:
.... Among others, I’ve done one of the head of Dante, which is somewhat like an etching. But it’s ...
- 477 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Tuesday, 30 December 1884.
- in note 9:
Giotto painted Dante’s likeness in his frescoes in the Palazzo del Podestà and in the Santa Croce ...
- in note 6:
In his Divine comedy (1313-1321) Dante Alighieri describes how he descended into hell, whence he also...
- in note 5:
... ‘Once the depths of Hell have been touched, Dante passes through it, and rises up on the other si...
- in translation:
...o together, since the sober, austere figure of Dante, entirely filled with indignation and protest a...
In short — people said of Dante, ‘there is the one who went into hell and who returned’ — som...
Consequently — one can’t have a Dantean figure play a satanic role without a huge misconception o...
And the silhouette of a Mephistopheles is mightily different from Dante’s.
...e expression of human heads’. Giotto painted Dante, and with much emotion as you know, for you’r...
- 651 To Emile Bernard. Arles, Monday, 30 July 1888.
- in translation:
...€”——————————— well worth Dante’s Paradise and the Michelangelos and Raphaels...
- in note 21:
‘Paradise’ is the third and final part of Dante’s Divine comedy (1313-1321).
- 673 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 3 September 1888.
- in note 3:
Van Gogh knew the head of Dante from Bargue’s Cours de dessin – he had drawn it in October 1880 (...
- in translation:
...You’ll see him soon, this young man with the Dante-like face, because he’s coming to Paris, and ...
- 683 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 18 September 1888.
- in note 15:
Dante is also referred to often in the article; Giotto is mentioned twice and Botticelli only once (a...
- in translation:
...d luck too. Some time ago I read an article on Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Giotto, Botticelli; my Go...
Giotto is extraordinary, anyway, and I feel him more than the poets: Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio.
- 689 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 26 September 1888.
- in translation:
...u can very well imagine the Renaissance poets, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, strolling among these bus...
- 695 To Paul Gauguin. Arles, Wednesday, 3 October 1888.
- in note 12:
...agraph that Van Gogh is referring to the poets Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio and the painters Giotto...
- in translation:
...cture to oneself Botticelli, Giotto, Petrarch, Dante and Boccaccio. In the decoration I’ve tried t...
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29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
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Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet
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