Sandro Botticelli
Calumny of Apelles (1495)
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Calumny of Apelles is a complex allegorical composition painted by Botticelli in 1495, inspired by a lost work described by the ancient writer Lucian. The painting depicts the triumph of slander and false accusation through a crowded scene of personified vices and virtues. A nude man sits enthroned while Calumny, a beautiful woman with serpents in her hair, leads a procession of malevolent figures including Malice, Deception, and Rancor. Truth stands isolated and bereft at the painting's edge, rendered in marble white and gazing toward heaven. The work employs rich tempera on panel with remarkable detail and psychological intensity.
Botticelli created this masterwork during the later Renaissance, after his return to Florence from Rome. The painting exemplifies his intellectual engagement with classical literature and humanist philosophy, translating an ancient text into visual narrative. His refined linear style and mythological sophistication make this work a pinnacle of Renaissance allegorical art, demonstrating the period's revival of classical learning through contemporary moral instruction.
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About This Artwork
Calumny of Apelles is a complex allegorical composition painted by Botticelli in 1495, inspired by a lost work described by the ancient writer Lucian. The painting depicts the triumph of slander and false accusation through a crowded scene of personified vices and virtues. A nude man sits enthroned while Calumny, a beautiful woman with serpents in her hair, leads a procession of malevolent figures including Malice, Deception, and Rancor. Truth stands isolated and bereft at the painting's edge, rendered in marble white and gazing toward heaven. The work employs rich tempera on panel with remarkable detail and psychological intensity.
Botticelli created this masterwork during the later Renaissance, after his return to Florence from Rome. The painting exemplifies his intellectual engagement with classical literature and humanist philosophy, translating an ancient text into visual narrative. His refined linear style and mythological sophistication make this work a pinnacle of Renaissance allegorical art, demonstrating the period's revival of classical learning through contemporary moral instruction.
Bring the most iconic masterpieces onto your walls
Art lets you express in your home who you are: your story, your sensibility and your personality in the most beautiful and subtle way, a silent statement of culture, taste and sophistication. Whether they bring inspiration, serenity, hope or courage, the right artwork transforms how a space feels.
Your Personal Museum:
Walk through a world-class museum every single day, in your home! No queues, no velvet ropes, just you and the art.
From Renaissance masterpieces to Impressionist classics and modern art, our goal is to make the world's most iconic paintings accessible to every art lover and collector.
Quality & Craftsmanship:
Our prints are produced on museum-grade archival paper and inks made to resist the harmful effects of time, light and humidity.
Every detail, colour, texture, and nuance of the original artwork is preserved without alteration. We apply no colour enhancement, no digital filters, no modification. What you see is exactly what the master painted, their authentic palette, original shadows, every brushstroke that gives the masterpiece its soul.
Careful Packaging & Fast Shipping:
Each item is carefully packed in sturdy tubes with protective materials to ensure it remains undamaged during transport.
We offer worldwide delivery and dispatch all orders within 24 hours.
Delivery times: Europe: 2 to 4 days. USA & International: 2 to 7 days.
Our posters are sold without frames.
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Each item is carefully packed in sturdy tubes with protective materials to ensure it remains undamaged during transport. We strive to ship all orders within 24 hours, often much faster. Deliveries to Europe and the rest of the world usually take between 2 and 5 days from the date of dispatch.
*Posters are sold unframed
