Administered by City of Detroit Parks and Recreation Department 735 Randolph Detroit Michigan 48226
Located Belle Isle Central & Vista Avenues Detroit Michigan
Date:
Dedicated July 1927
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Detroit Institute of Arts, 1976.
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 77.
Detroit Historical Museum, City of Detroit Monuments, 2004.
Image on file.
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 76.
(On plaque, on front of base:) Dante Alighiere/1265-1321/The father of Italian literature/Sculptor, Raffaello Romanelli 1856-1928/Erected by the Italian community of Detroit, 1927/Restored by the friends of Belle Isle, 1998/In cooperation with the Detroit Recreation Department unsigned
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Summary:
A bust of poet Dante Alighieri with a stern countenance. He wears a cloak and hood, and is crowned by a wreath of laurel leaves.