Dante and Virgil by de Triqueti in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Dante and Virgil

French, modeled 1861; cast 1862

Baron Henri de Triqueti, French, 1804–1874

France

Dimensions: 90 x 86 x 64 cm (35 7/16 x 33 7/8 x 25 3/16 in.)

Medium or Technique: Bronze

Classification: Sculpture

Accession Number: 76.5

Half length figures of Dante and Virgil. Modeled 1861, cast 1862.

Inscription: Signed and dated, back right: H. de triqueti 1861; foundry mark and date, back left: F. BARBEDIENNE, fondeur paris 1862; Inscribed on scroll (from Dante's "Purgatory," canto I): Liberate/va cercando/che/si cara ("He who goes seeking freedom which is so dear")

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/dante-and-virgil-59567