Dante Alighieri is a public artwork by Italian sculptor Ettore Ximenes, located at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., United States.

The bronze statue on a granite base depicts Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet and philosopher who is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the Late Middle Ages.

The dedication ceremony in Washington, D.C., was attended by officials from Italy, France, and the United States, including President Warren G. Harding.

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) was an Italian poet, writer, diplomat, and philosopher considered to be one of the greatest literary figures of the Late Middle Ages.

Italian sculptor Ettore Ximenes, whose dozens of works were found throughout Europe and South America, was selected to design the statue of Dante.

[10] The dedication ceremony in Meridian Hill Park was hastily planned to coincide with a conference on disarmament attended by Italian government officials and a temporary wooden pedestal for the statue was installed.

[9] Hundreds of Italian Americans from societies in East Coast cities gathered at 11th and I Streets NW and marched in a parade to the dedication site while band music was played.

Speeches were given by Barsotti, Italian Ambassador Vittorio Rolandi Ricci [it], former French Prime Minister René Viviani, and president of the Board of Commissioners Cuno Hugo Rudolph.

[13] The others are Eminent Men of Letters, a collection of nine granite busts on the Thomas Jefferson Building exterior, and a marble statue in front of the Casa Italiana Language School.

[14][15] The artwork is located in Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., east of the Cascading Waterfall, in an area nicknamed the Poet's Corner.

[17] The bronze statue depicts Dante Alighieri standing, wearing a robe and pointed shoes, with a laurel wreath upon his head.