Six Tuscan Poets, 1543¡V44, Giorgio Vasari, Italian (Florence), Italian (Florence), 1511¡V1574, 52 x 51 5/8 in. (132.08 x 131.13 cm) (canvas)62 1/8 x 61 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (157.8 x 156.53 x 12.07 cm) (outer frame), Oil on panel, Italy, 16th century, This group portrait of six distinguished Tuscan poets and writers celebrates the golden age of Italian literature of the 14th and 15th centuries and the role these individuals in elevating literature and ennobing the language.