Bust of Dante by Sabatino de Angelis & Fils 19th CenturyA 19th Century bust of Dante in bronze, cast through the lost wax process by Sabatino de Angelis & Fils founded in 1840 ran a bronze foundry in Naples from 1884 to the early 20th century. This imposing portrait of Dante is taken directly from an original bronze found in Villa Farnese in Rome. Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet c. 1265 1321. He famously scribed his Divine Comedy and widely considered the most important Poet of the Middle Ages.