The Library has issued a separate “Hand-list of framed reproductions of pictures and portraits belonging to the Dante Collection." In it are described 56 pictures, with more detailed information concerning them than is given in regard to most of the items described in the following pages. These framed reproductions are here referred to by the number given them in the "Hand-list," preceded by a double cross, thus: (#1).
It has been found impossible to draw a clearly defined line between portraits and some of the imaginative pictures of Dante classed in these lists under the head of Pictorial Illustrations. Expediency has usually been allowed to decide the individual cases.
The rule has been to arrange the reproductions under the different headings in the following order: photographs, phototypes or photogravures, photo-engravings, engravings, lithographs, and woodcuts. The sizes of all reproductions not in books are given in inches, the first number being the width and the second the height of the surface of the picture, margins being disregarded.
In this Appendix references are included to the recent work of Karl Federn, "Dante," Leipzig, etc., E. A. Seemann, 1899, although the book was received too late for insertion in the Catalogue itself. Unfortu- nately many of its illustrations are photo-engravings from photo-engravings and the like, instead of being made directly from photographs. This gives them a certain indistinctness and makes them inferior to the same illus trations in the publications of Bassermann, Kraus, and Locella, from which many of them were apparently taken.
References in the following pages to Paur are to his article on " Dante's Porträt," 1869. A more recent and almost as comprehensive an account of the subject is the chapter entitled “ Dante's körperliche Erscheinung; seine Bildnisse" in Kraus, "Dante, sein Leben und sein Werk," 1897, pp. 159-202, the value of which is greatly enhanced by its excellent reproductions of the portraits in question. For the general literature of the subject see p. 549 of the INDEX OF SUBJECTS in this Catalogue.
PORTRAIT IN THE BARGELLO, FLORENCE. (Palazzo del Podestà.)
Portrait of Dante, commonly ascribed to Giotto. Chromolith. [Published by the Arundel Society, 1859, from sketch made by Seymour Kirkup pre- vious to the restoration.] 121⁄2 x 17 in. (#1)
The portrait is found in a Gloria or Paradise, where, accord- ing to the custom of the time, learned and renowned men are grouped at the foot of a painting in which saints and cherubim pay homage to God. With the decay of interest in art and let- ters in the seventeenth century the building containing this pre- cious fresco was converted into a prison, called the Bargello, and its wall-paintings were covered with a coating of lime. Of this Gloria, as uncovered in 1840, there is a delicate outline engr. in Lord Vernon's edition of the Inferno, 1858-65, vol. iii, plate I (S Kirkup disegnò, P. Lasinio incise).
The room containing this fresco was originally the chapel of the Podestà, which now forms salon 4 of the National Museum, and the portrait is sometimes referred to in recent books as forming part of the latter collection.
The portion of the fresco containing the portrait of Dante was uncovered July 21, 1840, not 1841 as it is stated on the above plate and on many engravings.
Much has been written concerning the date of this fresco and the share which Giotto may have had in its painting. An ex- cellent summary of the opinions held by various students of Dante and of the history of Italian art is given by Kraus, pp. 164-174. Kraus himself inclines to the belief that the portrait is by Giotto and that it dates from between 1334 and 1337 (the date of Giotto's death).
Same. Chromo-lith. (In L'inferno, disposto da G. G. Warren, Lord Vernon. 1858-65. Vol iii. Frontisp.)
Same. Chromo-lith. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son. (In The Commedia and Canzoniere; a new translation by E. H. Plumptre. 1886-87. Vol. i. Frontisp.-Same. 1887-88.)
Though not so large a plate as the preceding, this is a more accurate copy of the Arundel Society chromo-lith. both as regards drawing and color.
Same. Chromo-lith. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son. (In Vernon, W. W. Readings on the Purga- torio of Dante. 1889. Vol. i. Frontisp.- Same. 1897.)
Same. Chromolith. (In Kraus, F. X. Dante, sein Leben und sein Werk. 1897. opp. p. 161.)
Same. Chromo-lith. (In Federn, K. Dante. 1899. opp. p. 1.)
Same. Lith. (In The divine comedy; a translation by J. R. Sibbald. 1884. Frontisp.) Copied with some freedom, and gives head and shoulders only. Same. Phototype. (In Göttliche Komödie, Uebersetzung von A. Kopisch. 1882. Plate 2.)
Same. Phototype. (In Locella, G., editor. Dante in der deutschen Kunst. 1890.)
A small phototype is in Levi's "Dante, di giorno in giorno," 1894.
Same. Photo-engr. (In Kraus, F. X. Dante, sein Leben und sein Werk. 1897. p. 169.) Same. Photo-engr. (In Vising, J. Hvad vi beundra i Dantes Komedi. 1895)
Same. Engr. Seymour Kirkup disegno. Cav. Paolo Lasinio inc. (In L'inferno, disposto da Lord Vernon. 1842. Frontisp.)
A different plate from the preceding, though almost identical with it and having the same inscription, with the Vernon coat of arms. Plate 3 of the Vernon Dante is an engr. by the same artists, the full size of the original, giving the outline of the face only.
Same. Wdet. (In the Century. Feb. 1884. Vol. xxvii, p. 579.)
Same. Wdct. (In Rod, E. Dante.
1891. Frontisp) Wdcts, from Kırkup's sketch, also form the frontisp. to Mar- tin's translation of the Vita nuova, 1862, 1864, 1893.
Same. [With eye restored.] Engr. Sey- G. Cumming Dundee
mour Kirkup Esq delint. sculp. (In The poems of the Vita nuova and Con- vito, translated by C. Lyell. 1842. opp. p. xvii.)
Plate dated 7th March 1843.
Same. Engr. Seymour Kirkup dissegnò [sic]. (In La commedia, illustrata da U. Foscolo. 1842-43. Tom. iii. Frontisp.)
Stipple work. The same plate is used in Mazzinghi's "Brief notice of some recent researches," 1844. [Also in the 1845 ed. of Wright's translation of the Divine comedy, a copy of which is in the Harvard collection.]
Same. Engr. Richard del. P. Nocchi inc. (In The early life, [translated] by J. Garrow. 1846. Frontisp.)
Same. Engr. Gest. v. Jul. Thaeter. (In Witte, (JH. F.) K. Dante Forschungen. Bd. i. [1869.] Frontisp)
The same plate is used in Jacobson's translation of the Vita nuova, 1877.
Of Faltoni's copy Paur (p. 302) says: "Sie ist in einen ova- len Goldrahmen gefasst und trägt die Unterschrift des Zeichners Faltoni mit der Jahreszahl 1849. Das Bild ist nicht farbig, sondern clair-obscur, nur der zum Vorschein kommende Streifen des Untergewandes und der Schnitt des Buches sind grun. Formen stimmen im Allgemeinen mit der Kopie von Kirkup überein; das Profil jedoch lässt die Idealität des von Kirkup überlieferten Originals entschieden vermissen und gewährt, im Vergleiche zu diesem, den Anschein emer mehr peinlichen als treffenden Nachbildung."
3- Same. Portrait of Dante, after restora- tion by Antonio Marini. Water-color. Original copy by Carlo Facchinetti. 334 × 54 in. (3)
Same. Mounted photo. (In La divina com- media, recata da D. Venturini. 1865. Vol. i. Frontisp.)
Same. Mounted photo. (In A translation of Dante's Purgatorio, by D. Johnston. 1867. Frontisp.)
Same. Photogravure. (In The divine comedy, translated by H. F. Cary, together with D. G. Rossetti's translation of the New life. 1897. Frontisp.)
Same. Phototype. (In The divine comedy, translated by J. A. Wilstach. 1888. Vol. ii. Fron- tisp.)
Phototype. (In Locella, G., editor. Dante in der deutschen Kunst. 1890.)
A phototype of the figure of Dante, without the projecting hand or any trace of a background, forms the frontisp. to Baynes, "Dante and his ideal," 1891.
Same. Photo-engr. (In Thode, Henry. Giotto. Bielefeld, etc., 1899. p. 54.)
Photo-engrs. (with the shadowy figures in the background) also illustrate Berthier's ed. of the Commedia, vol. i, 1892-[97], p. 4; W. F. Barnard's sonnet "To Dante," 1895; - Farrar's essay on Dante in his "Great books," 1898.
Same. Engr. Phillibrown [sc.] (In The vision, translated by H. F. Cary. 1845. Frontisp. Same. 1890.)
A separate copy of this engr. on a larger sheet is in the Dante portfolio, i. Same. Engr. Disegnato e inciso da T Aloysio-Juvara. (In Dante e il suo secolo. 1865. Frontisp.)
The branch in Dante's hand is here a sprig of flowers. Same. Engr. Gest. v. Weger, Leipzig. (In Göttliche Comödie, metrisch übertragen von Philalethes. 1865-66. Th. i. Frontisp.)
The branch is here a sprig of flowers. The same plate is used in Bohl's Dutch translation of the Commedia, led i, [1891]. A smaller copy of this plate, by the same engraver, is found in the 1868, 1871 and 1877 editions of the German translation by King John of Saxony ;- ;- in the Roumanian translation of the Inferno by M. P. Chitiu, 1883; in Hettinger's "Die Göttliche Komo- die," 1889. and the English translation of the same, 1887, in both of which it is unsigned; - in Sander's "Dante Alighien," 1887.
Engrs form frontispp. to the various reprints and reissues of Fraticelli's ed. of the Commedia, from 1860 to 1892; - the Portuguese translation of the Inferno by Pinto de Campos, 1886; the Polish translation of the Purgatorio by Porębowicz, 1899; Lothian, "Dante and Beatrice," 1876; - Rosini, "II conte Ugolino," 1843, vol. ii;-(reversed) in Wegele, "Dante Alighieri's Leben und Werke," 1865.
A lith (Stanghi inc) forms the frontisp. to vol. i of the 1846- 48 ed. of the Commedia, and another, reversed, forms the frontisp. to A. G. de Marzo's "Studi filosofici, morali, estetici," vol. i, 1873. A much inferior lith. is in the 1838 ed. of the In- ferno with Bargigi's comment (presumably inserted after the publication of the volume).
Wdct., after a water-color by Mussini, illustrates Geiger's chapter on Dante in his "Renaissance und Humanismus in Italien und Deutschland," 1882. (Paur, p. 302, gives the artist's name as Musini, the Berlin Kupferstichkabinet as the depository of the water-color, and its date as 1844) Wdcts. with the two figures at Dante's side, are in Giornale illustrato, numero del centenario, 13-19 maggio, 1865, p. 145-in Oliphant's "Makers of Florence," 1888, p. 34; — same, 1889.
Wdcts of the restored portrait illustrate the German transla- tion of the Commedia by Streckfuss, 1882, the Spanish translation by Aranda y Sanjuan, 1871, the Russian translation of the Com- media by Tchuiko, 1894, and of the Vita nuova by Federov,
Claassen, "Dante, sein Leben und seine Liebe," 1882; Fassio, "Cenni sulle vicende del sepolcro di Dante," 1891, (V. Turati inc);- -Piper, "Dante und seine Theologie," 1864, (G. Dietrich sc.); - Zendrini," Per il centenario di Dante," 1865. Outline wdcts. in Leisure hour, May, 1865, vol. xiv, p. 281; -L. Hutton's "Literary landmarks of Florence," 1807, opp. An outline engr. illustrates Vaccolini's article Dante di Giotto," 1840. Inferior and small wdcts. illustrate articles by Bellomo, Bertolotti, Bruni, Dominicis, and Lavelle.
Poor, small, or unsigned, copies of this portrait are found in the following editions of the Divina commedia :-
M. F. Rossetti's "Shadow of Dante" contains a medallion wdct, comparing the Bargello profile of Dante with that of the Naples bust. The lith, in Lubin's ed. of the Commedia, 1881, though portraying the face of a middle-aged man, has the Bar- gello portrait for its basis.
Besides the numerous references to the literature on the Bar- gello portrait given in the INDEX OF SUBJECTS, see Ferrazzi, ii, pp. 329-331, 388-393; v, pp 100-102- Paur, pp. 292–330; — the Quarterly review, Oct 1858, vol. civ, pp. 293-294;-J. J. Jarves, "Art studies: the old masters' of Italy; painting," New York, 1861, pp. 133-137.
Colored-plaster bust in the Uffizi Gallery, formerly in the Palazzo del Nero, Florence. Photo. Alinari. 634 in. in diameter. (17)
"Seit langer Zeit hat man diesen Gips als eine von der Leiche Dante's abgenommene Todtenmaske betrachtet, und als solche ist das Werk von zahlreichen Schriftstellern abgebildet worden. Eine andere Maske dieser Art besass Lorenzo Bartolini, der sie an Kirkup abgab; eine dritte besass Lyell, zwei andere von Gips und eine von Marmor befinden sich in dem Archivio comunale und der Biblioteca di Classe in Ravenna; alle diese Werke ver- rathen durch die Gleichheit der Dimensionen und gewisse iden- tische Details (wie den unter dem Cappuccio hervortretenden Haarbüschel, die gleiche Behandlung der Haare an den Schläfen, die Zipfel des Baretts) den gleichen Ursprung.... . Ferrucci allein hatte 1865 den Muth zu behaupten, dass hier von einem Abguss der Leiche nicht Rede sein könne, und erst Ricci hat dann definitiv mit dieser Annahme aufgeräumt. In der That hat diese Maske' nicht das im Tod erloschene Auge, sondern die Augen sind geöffnet, voll, die Lippen nicht zusammenge sunken, die Kinnlade nicht gefallen. Der angeblich Todte trägt ein Barett, - - will man etwa annehmen, dass ihm der Künstler ein solches behufs des Abgusses angezogen habe?"- Kraus, Pp. 185-186.
Kraus believes that the Torrigiani bust and its derivatives are not of earlier origin than the fifteenth century.
Same. Photo-engr. (In Villari, P. The two first centuries of Florentine history. Vol. [ii]. 1895. opp. p. 152 )
Same. [Without the circular frame-work.] Photo-engr. (In Ricci, C. L'ultimo rifugio di Dante. 1891. p. 278.)
The same cut appears on the cover-title of Vedel's "Dante," 1892, and in Kraus's "Dante." 1897, p. 184.
A photo-engr. of the head alone is given in Laurence Hut- ton's Portraits in plaster," 1894, opp. p. 6, and in his "Liter- ary landmarks of Florence," opp. p. 12.
A rather poor wdct. in Lyell's translation of the "Poems of the Vita nuova and Convito," 1842, opp p. xv, and in Lyell's "Dello spirito cattolico di Dante," 1844, opp. p. xxi, gives a side view of the bust hanging in its frame. A large-paper copy of this plate is in the Dante portfolio, i.
Same. [Side view] Etched from the orig [inal] mask in the possession of the Marquis Torrigiani at Florence by L. Schmid, 1838. 9 × 11 in.
Dedicated "To S Kirkup, Esq'." Inscription: "E da esiglio venne a questa pace." In Dante portfolio, i Dante is here represented as lying on his death-bed, wearing, however, both the berretta and the laurel wreath.
Plaster cast from the Torrigiani bust. Formerly in the possession of Seymour Kirkup. [Front and side views.] Photo. 8 × 6% in. (28) Another copy is in the Dante photograph album.
Same. Photo-engr. (In Ricci, C. L'ul- timo rifugio di Dante. 1891. p. 280.)
Same. Photo-engr. (In Kraus, F X. Dante, sein Leben und sein Werk. 1897. p. 185.) Same. Engr. Kirkup dis. Lasinio inc. (In L'inferno, disposto da G. G. Warren, Lord Vernon. 1858-65. Vol. iii. Plate 6.)
Same. Mounted photo. [From a copy of the cast given by Kirkup to J. A Symonds.] ́(In Symonds, J. A. Introduction to the study of Dante. 1872;- and in later editions and translations.)
The view is taken a little from the side. The plates in the later eds. are photogravures and photo-engrs.
A mounted photo, giving the front view of a copy of the mask is in the Inferno translated by T. W. Parsons, Boston, De Vries, Ibarra and Co., 1867.
Three mounted photos. of the mask (2 × 3% in.), taken at different angles, are in Dante portfolio, iii.
A wdct. of the side view, from a drawing by Kenyon Cox, is given in the Century, Feb. 1884, vol. xxvii, p. 574. Another wdct of the side view is in Vising's "Hvad vi beundra i Dantes Komedie," 1895.
—2— Mask of Dante. Plaster cast from the Torrigiani bust. Formerly in the possession of Charles Lyell. H. W. Phillips del R. J. Lane, A. R. A., lith. M. & N. Hanhart, lith. printers. (In The poems of the Vita nuova and Convito, translated by C. Lyell. 1842. Frontisp.)
Same. (In Lyell, C. Dello spirito cattolico di Dante. 1844. Frontisp.)
A large-paper impression of this plate is in the Dante port- folio, i.
Concerning this particular cast, Seymour Kirkup wrote to Mr. Lyell, under date of Feb. 27, 1842, as follows:-"The Marchese Torrigiani's bust of Dante is ascertained to be plaster coloured, and not terra-cotta as was supposed. This process of colouring may be the cause of the obliteration of the finer markings of the face observable in the mask from which your lithograph is taken, and of the smoother, fleshier, and more feminine appearance in the three drawings of Vito d'Ancona which were made for you. The mask which you have is from the mould in my possession, which I procured from the Cavalier Bartolini, the chief sculptor here, as a cast from the Torrigiani [bust]. There is a third cast which belonged to Ricci the sculptor, who made the Dante monument in Santa Croce. Ricci's heirs lent it to Fabris, who made use of it for the obverse of his medal of Dante. There are material, though slight differences in all the three." (Poems of the Vita nuova and Convito, translated by C. Lyell, 1842, pp. xvii-xix)
The drawings from the Lyell cast all seem to be characterized by a lock of hair falling over Dante's right temple, -not dis- cernible in the reproductions from the Kirkup cast.
Same. Drawn, from a cast, by Henry Phil lips, and on stone by R. J. Lane, A. R. A. M. & N. Hanhart, lith. printers. 71⁄2 X 9 in.
Very fine and large plate. In Dante portfolio, i. Same. Engr. H. W. Phillips del. T. Phil- librown sc. 3 X 4 in.
Same. Lith. Day & Haghe, lithrs. Lyrical poems of Dante, translated by C. Lyell. 1845. Frontisp.)
A large-paper impression of this plate is in the Dante port- folio, 1.
Same. Lith. Imp. Lemercier, Paris. (In Boissard, F. Dante révolutionnaire et socialiste. 1858. Frontisp.)
Same. Lith. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith. (In The Commedia and Canzoniere; a new translation by E. H. Plumptre. 1886-87. Vol. ii. Frontisp. Same. 1887-88.)
An engr. (Pérot) of the front view of the mask, surrounded by a wreath, torms the frontisp. to Cesena's French translation of the Convito, 1852. A similar plate, with the arms of the Portinari, Alighieri and Bardi added. (M. F. Dien sculp) is in Artaud de Montor's "Histoire de Dante." 1841, opp. p 488, while a separate large-paper impression of the latter (51⁄2 81⁄2 in.) is in the Dante portfolio, i. A very poor wdet. of the front view of the mask is in Pollock's translation of the Divine com- edy, 1854, p. 567.
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