Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) ponders inscrutably—from atop his red "leather" book—in this pair of bronze-clad bookends made by Pompeian Bronze Company. Believed to be modeled after the popular 19th Century "Grand Souvenir" sculpture by Neapolitan Gioacchino Varlese (1806-1900). (7" x 7" x 3") be12584d
c. 1920
