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Botticelli and Treasures from the Hamilton Collection (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Botticelli and Treasures from the Hamilton Collection (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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In 1882 the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (Prints and Drawings Museum)
acquired, from the collection of the Duke of Hamilton, Sandro
Botticelli's spectacular series of drawings on parchment
illustrating scenes from Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. It also acquired
nearly all the items in the duke's priceless collection of
illuminated manuscripts. The wider British public only became aware
of these masterpieces when rumours of the Berlin museum's attempts
to woo the Scottish duke started circulating in the press. No less
than Queen Victoria and her daughter, wife of the German crown
prince, appealed for these treasures to remain in the UK. In spite
of their efforts, the Berlin museum pulled off a sensational coup
in acquiring the Hamilton collection. Since then the Botticelli
drawings and the splendid Hamilton manuscripts have formed the
cornerstone of the Kupferstichkabinett's collection and are
regarded as amongst the very greatest treasures of the Berlin State
Museums. Accompanying an exhibition that brings back to the UK some
of the greatest of the former Hamilton treasures, this book
includes no less than thirty of Botticelli's exquisite 'Dante
drawings'. The series is of the highest order of importance and
rarity, and this book will be an exceptional opportunity to explore
the great Renaissance master's interpretation of one of the
canonical texts of world literature. Ten drawings will be included
from each of the three 'books' or realms of the Divine Comedy:
Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The drawings will be accompanied
by an extraordinary selection of illuminated manuscripts from the
time of Botticelli, including the monumental 'Hamilton Bible'.
Acknowledged to be one of the most important illuminated
manuscripts in the world, this splendid princely volume is depicted
in Raphael's portrait of Pope Leo X. It has not been lent anywhere
for 17 years and has never returned to the UK since it left in
1882. The Dante series will be further enhanced by the Courtauld
Gallery's own collection, which includes the master's large
altarpiece of The Holy Trinity with Saints John and Mary Magdalene,
dating to the same years as the Dante series. Bibliophile treasures
of the highest calibre, all the works in this dazzling group are
created by the best artists of their day for illustrious patrons,
members of the leading families of Italy - the Medici, the Sforza
and the kings of Naples. The manuscripts' splendid variety and
luminous colours exemplify what Dante termed the "smiling pages"
when describing, in his Commedia, the art of manuscript
illumination which so captured the public imagination in 19th
century.
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