Statue of Dante- Italian Poet : top writer medieval buste

nice old buste of Dante

who was Dante,?
in full Dante Alighieri, (born c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence [Italy]—died September 13/14, 1321, Ravenna), Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is top best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy).

nice older buste, i think form around the 1940ths, maybe older

comes like this from the attic , here and there ssome traces of age, see pictures