1871
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Copy after the Punishment of the Rebels ( Destruction of Koran, Dathan and Abirim ), Sandro Botticelli in the Sistine Chapel (Rome) is a 1871 watercolor by Sandro Botticelli, a Early Renaissance work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a chaotic scene of fire and falling figures. It copies a fresco by Botticelli in the Sistine Chapel. The artist used bright colors to copy the original’s drama. Eliseo Fattorini made this copy in 1871 for the Arundel Society. They shared old art with more people back then. This helped others see works they couldn’t travel to see. Look up Botticelli, Sandro next.
This watercolour by Eliseo Fattorini reproduces a scene from Sandro Botticelli’s fresco in the Sistine Chapel, depicting three episodes from the life of Moses. The first shows Joshua shielding Moses from rebel attackers, the central section depicts Moses killing the conspirators beneath Constantine’s arch, and the final part illustrates the earth opening to swallow them. Commissioned by the Arundel Society, the work was created to document Renaissance frescoes before their publication. Botticelli painted the original fresco in 1481–82 as part of a Vatican project illustrating parallels…
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Sandro Botticelli was a Florentine painter who loved the drama of stories—myths, saints, and ancient tales.
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