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Restoration in Florence enhances the most ancient portrait of Dante Alighieri

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20050309
Author:MARTA FALCONI, Associated Press Writer

MARTA FALCONI, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-09-2005
Dateline: ROME
A prominent nose and a severe expression were thought to be among his most distinguishing features. But now, Dante Alighieri might show a different face to posterity.

A seven-month restoration has stripped layers of grime and revealed the splendor of a 17th-century frescoed portrait that art historians believe might be the most ancient of the medieval poet who wrote the "Divine Comedy."

Monica Donato, an art historian and professor at Parma University, is among the experts who have studied the frescos.

"We identified ...

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