Petrarch
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Francis Petrarch was an Italian scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest Renaissance humanists.
17th century portrait, Anonymous
Contemporary Portrait by Altichiero, c. 1370–1380
Summit of Mont Ventoux
Petrarch's Arquà house near Padua where he retired to spend his last years
Dante Alighieri
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Dante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is wi
Petrarch
…Bembo created the model for the modern Italian language based on Petrarch's works, as well as those of Giovanni Boccaccio, and, to a lesser extent, Dante Alighieri. Petrarch was later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch's sonnets were admired and imitated throughout Europe…
Alleged Dante portrait in the chapel of the Bargello palace, Florence.
Dante's house museum in Florence. The house has been significantly altered since Dante's time.
Dante and Beatrice, by Henry Holiday, inspired by La Vita Nuova, 1883
Dante in Verona, by Antonio Cotti, 1879