BOTTICELLI, Sandro
(b. 1445, Firenze, d. 1510, Firenze)

Inferno, Canto XXXI

1480s
Silverpoint on parchment, completed in pen and ink, 320 x 470 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

This sheet depicts the giants of antiquity, who had risen up against the gods and were placed in chains. They represent the raw power of nature.