The sonnet represents an interpretation of DGR's large oil replica of
Dante's
Dream at the Time of the Death of Beatrice. It follows
the key details of the picture quite closely. The final line clearly indicates that
the author wrote the sonnet with DGR's translation of
Dante's
Vita Nuova
in mind: see
Dante's discussion of
this scene in his autobiography.
This collection contains 1 text or image, including:
South African National Gallery Manuscript text
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The sonnet represents an interpretation of DGR's large oil replica of Dante's Dream at the Time of the Death of Beatrice. It follows the key details of the picture quite closely. The final line clearly indicates that the author wrote the sonnet with DGR's translation of Dante's Vita Nuova in mind: see Dante's discussion of this scene in his autobiography.
The work recalls a poetical interpretation written in 1870 of DGR's picture Pandora.
Printing History
The manuscript poem has never been printed.