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Reference book:
'Washington Sculpture'
by James M. Goode

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DANTE, Alighieri statue in the SE corner of Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C.
by Ettore Ximenes
located in James M. Goode's Sixteenth Street area (click link for more in that area)

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DANTE ALIGHIERI
PRESENTED TO THE
CITY OF WASHINGTON
IN BEHALF OF THE
ITALIANS IN THE
UNITED STATES BY
COMM CARLO BARSOTTI

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More Info
See
James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 537 Item #12.11; Sixteenth Street area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p416 Item #L-6)

Medium: Bronze
Artist: Ettore Ximenes
Related subjects: Writers, Scholars, Inventors, Educators, Artists; Dante Marbury Alighieri
Location: W & 15th St NW Washington, D.C.
See Sixteenth Street area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial (Green) (click station name for all pieces nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000028 (dcMem ID #1812 )

Links & other sources
National Parks Service website on the statues in Rock Creek Park
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Dante (43)
Wikipedia article on Dante

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