great portraits #6
Botticelli painted this portrait of Dante around 1495, by which time the famous Florentine poet had been dead for over 170 years. So it's a homage to the author of 'The Divine Comedy' rather than a life-like representation, but it's still a marvellous painting.
Botticelli painted this portrait of Dante around 1495, by which time the famous Florentine poet had been dead for over 170 years. So it's a homage to the author of 'The Divine Comedy' rather than a life-like representation, but it's still a marvellous painting.
posted by alan at 16.4.05
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