... Italy brought Botticelli popularity in Florence and abroad. Furthermore he was also very knowledgeable in many other areas; cultured as he was, he wrote a commentary on a portion of Dante and illustrated the Inferno, which he printed, spending much time over it. This diversion and absence from painting led to serious disorders in his living. He printed many other drawings, but in a substandard ... ...

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