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Frederic Leighton portrayed the poet Dante Alighieri during his years of exile from Florence. The figure's melancholy expression reflects the pain of banishment from his beloved city.
Leighton was president of the Royal Academy and a master of literary subjects. This painting is in a private collection.
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