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Dante in Exile
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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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About Dante in Exile
Frederic Leighton, the Victorian academic painter You can see it at Private Collection. The figure's melancholy expression reflects the pain of banishment from his beloved city.
You can see it at Private Collection in Unknown, Unknown. Frederic Leighton created it. The figure's melancholy expression reflects the pain of banishment from his beloved city.
Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence in 1302 for political reasons and never returned. Leighton depicted the poet in exile, a subject that resonated with Victorian admiration for literary genius and suffering.
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