Sandro Botticelli Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua bought him a painting said to be a Botticelli out of historical interest "as from the hand of an artist by whom Your Highness has nothing, and who was the master of Leonardo da Vinci". That mistake is perhaps understandable, as although Leonardo was only some six years younger than Botticelli, his style could seem to a Baroque judge to be a generation more advanced. The "Birth of Venus" was displayed in the Uffizi from 1815, but is little mentioned in travellers' accounts of the gallery over the next two decades. The Berlin gallery bought
Botticelli Inferno in history." "AlloCiné" comments that ""Botticelli – Inferno" transports viewers into another world: a journey to the underworld through the nine levels of hell, as described by Dante. "Only by traveling through hell and purgatory we can reach paradise and emerge to see the stars again" Do not miss this unique event, specially created for cinema." The film was released in Italy in November 2016. Botticelli Inferno Botticelli Inferno is a 2016 Italian-German documentary film directed by Ralph Loop. The film is part of the project "Great Art Cinema" and analyses one of the most mysterious works of Sandro Botticelli,