Dante Alighieri - La Divina Commedia illustrata da Sandro Botticelli - 1981

The drawings for Sandro Botticelli's Divine Comedy constitute a monumental masterpiece of Renaissance graphics, created by the artist between 1480 and 1495. The work was commissioned by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici (nicknamed Il Popolano), second-degree cousin of Lorenzo the Magnificent, with the aim of creating a sumptuous illustrated manuscript of Dante Alighieri's poem. Conditions: like new, minimal imperfections to the binding, the box is missing which is not always present in offers. Tracked and insured shipping.

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