Sunday, November 13, 2022

Dante's Death Mask

A death mask is a cast of a dead person's face. The mask will then be used as a model for a sculpture. Dante's death mask is kept in the Palazzo Vecchio. The authenticity of this mask is in doubt.



Dante's Death Mask



The mask is not kept as secured as shown in the movie Inferno



Dante Before the City of Florence was painted in the 15th centur (in Santa Maria del Fiore) 
Can you see the resemblance?



Dante's Tomb in Santa Croce
Perhaps the death mask was used here


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