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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.

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I disegni per la Divina Commedia di Sandro Botticelli costituiscono un capolavoro monumentale della grafica rinascimentale, realizzati dall'artista tra il 1480 e il 1495. L'opera fu commissionata da Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici (detto il Popolano), cugino di secondo grado di Lorenzo il Magnifico, con l'obiettivo di creare un sontuoso manoscritto illustrato del poema di Dante Alighieri

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

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Dante Alighieri’s La Divina Commedia illustrated by Sandro Botticelli, an illustrated limited edition hardcover in Italian, published in 1981 by Il Libro - Field Educational Italia, 283 pages, 45 × 32 cm, in near‑new condition with minimal binding flaws and missing the case.

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

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Dante Alighieri’s La Divina Commedia illustrated by Sandro Botticelli, an illustrated limited edition hardcover in Italian, published in 1981 by Il Libro - Field Educational Italia, 283 pages, 45 × 32 cm, in near‑new condition with minimal binding flaws and missing the case.

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