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1. 126 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 5 August 1877.

   in note 12:

   ...e 11th-century hymn Antiphona de morte; cf. also the beginning of Dante Alighieri’s Divine comedy.

2. 159 To Theo van Gogh. Brussels, Friday, 15 October 1880.

   in note 7:

   ...tained two sample drawings of the head of Dante Alighieri. In vol. 1, Modèles d’après la bosse (...

   in translation:

   .... Among others, I’ve done one of the head of Dante, which is somewhat like an etching. But it’s ...

3. 477 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Tuesday, 30 December 1884.

   in note 9:

   Giotto painted Dante’s likeness in his frescoes in the Palazzo del Podestà and in the Santa Croce ...

   in note 6:

   In his Divine comedy (1313-1321) Dante Alighieri describes how he descended into hell, whence he also...

   in note 5:

   ... ‘Once the depths of Hell have been touched, Dante passes through it, and rises up on the other si...

   in translation:

   ...o together, since the sober, austere figure of Dante, entirely filled with indignation and protest a...

   In short — people said of Dante, ‘there is the one who went into hell and who returned’ — som...

   Consequently — one can’t have a Dantean figure play a satanic role without a huge misconception o...

   And the silhouette of a Mephistopheles is mightily different from Dante’s.

   ...e expression of human heads’. Giotto painted Dante, and with much emotion as you know, for you’r...

4. 651 To Emile Bernard. Arles, Monday, 30 July 1888.

   in translation:

   ...€”——————————— well worth Dante’s Paradise and the Michelangelos and Raphaels...

   in note 21:

   ‘Paradise’ is the third and final part of Dante’s Divine comedy (1313-1321).

5. 673 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 3 September 1888.

   in note 3:

   Van Gogh knew the head of Dante from Bargue’s Cours de dessin – he had drawn it in October 1880 (...

   in translation:

   ...You’ll see him soon, this young man with the Dante-like face, because he’s coming to Paris, and ...

6. 683 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 18 September 1888.

   in note 15:

   Dante is also referred to often in the article; Giotto is mentioned twice and Botticelli only once (a...

   in translation:

   ...d luck too. Some time ago I read an article on Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Giotto, Botticelli; my Go...

   Giotto is extraordinary, anyway, and I feel him more than the poets: Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio.

7. 689 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 26 September 1888.

   in translation:

   ...u can very well imagine the Renaissance poets, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, strolling among these bus...

8. 695 To Paul Gauguin. Arles, Wednesday, 3 October 1888.

   in note 12:

   ...agraph that Van Gogh is referring to the poets Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio and the painters Giotto...

   in translation:

   ...cture to oneself Botticelli, Giotto, Petrarch, Dante and Boccaccio. In the decoration I’ve tried t...

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