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PRINCETON MONOGRAPHS IN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY X

THE PORTRAITS OF DANTE

COMPARED WITH THE MEASUREMENTS OF HIS SKULL AND RECLASSIFIED

BY
Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
Professor of Art and Archaeology in Princeton University

The identification of Dante's most authentic portrait is a fitting tribute to the memory of the great poet.  Professor Mather by the scrupulous use of the measurements of Dante's skull and their graphic application to the problems of the portraits seems to have put beyond dispute the fact that the Palatine Miniature is the most authentic likeness.  He has also given, in this volume, a more acceptable account of the sources of Raphael's Dante than we have had hitherto, as well as an improved classification of minor and eccentric types.

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