Dante Alighieri

Works in Woodmere's Collection

Portrait head study of Dante in profile by unidentified artist

Illuminated text study "The intent…of his Divine Comedy"

Composition study for the "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House, New York

Composition study for Paradiso: "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House

Composition study for Purgatorio: Beatrice, Divine Wisdom, Descends from Heaven Upon the Chariot of the Church, "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House

Composition study for Inferno: Dante Meets the Three Beasts, "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House

Composition study for Paradiso: The White Rose and the Tenth Heaven, "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House

Composition study for Purgatorio: The Earthly Paradise , "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House

Related Commissions and Projects

Yarnall House, "The House of Wisdom"

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Stained Glass Window, 1910-12, designed by Violet Oakley (Apostolic Nunciature in the United States of America) Photograph by Darryl Moran

Collier House, "Dante" Window

"Redemption," from the mural series Great Women of the Bible, 1949, by Violet Oakley (First Presbyterian Church in Germantown) Photograph by Joe Routon

First Presbyterian, "Great Women"

"Eve at the Feet of the Virgin Mary" Proposed Fountain

Unity (detail), Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, "The Creation and Preservation of the Union"

Supreme Court Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Supreme Court Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, "The Opening of the Book of the Law"

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