"Bust Of A Writer, Thinker: "dante Alighieri" 1849 Vassé Delécole"
I present to you this pretty bust of Dante Alighieri, famous Florentine writer, poet, thinker of the 14th century. It is mentioned on the bust: "Delécole fécit d'aprés Vassé. Troyes 1849." On the base, the founder, publisher: "Quesnel in Paris" On the front a maxim in Latin evoking Dante: "Scripta virum Dant munera civim"