Codice albumGBB-F-002867

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1820 ca, ITALY : The celebrated italian poet, playwright translator, scholar and patriot IPPOLITO PINDEMONTE (1753 - 1828). Portrait engraved by Eugenio Silvestri. He witnessed and was deeply affected by the French Revolution, residing in Paris for ten months during 1789. He later spent time in England and Austria. A Romantic poet, he was principally influenced by Ugo Foscolo and Thomas Gray and was associated with the Della Cruscans (Accademia della CRUSCA). He devoted much of his life to a translation of the Odyssey (ODISSEA by Omero, Homer) which was published in 1822.

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