Botticellis Divine Comedy: Trick or treat?

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This spring saw epochal exhibition in Somerset House of treasures from auctioned in early decades of last century collection of 13th Duke Douglas-Hamilton. The family, one of scottish oldest, has a haunted history. Known from Black Douglas featured in scoolbooks as Robert Bruce opponent, at the same time another Douglas, whos job was to carry around enbalmed and encapsuled in gold Robert Bruce head as talisman for battle victories, accompanying Sinclair known from notorious Dan Brown fiction in crucade to Jerusalem upon which sharing the legendary Templar treasures, 13th Duke was a charitable person. It was going bad for family for some generations. With arrival of electicity the bills were just tooo huge for a non-working person, although the family had stakes in newly fashionable aviation. WWI saw the estate used for hospital, then sold, then demolished. Yes, the beautiful 16c paladian mansion, upgrafed and enlarged in stages to become one of the biggest estate houses in Britain, is now grounds of parking lot and sports field, except for Mausoleum in Hamilton village.
Now to Botticelli, known as one of first Grand Masters of Sion from Sauniere files. Duke of Hamilton owned a sequence of drawings, chapter by chapter, the same way as Gustave Dore illustrating Dante.
Not only that. According to the legend, Botticelli had framed the drawings in a special way. Drawn on half transparent, almost rice paper, he layered handwritten text underneath, halfseen through the drawing. Which is how Duke of Hamilton re-framed it later, to be exhibited in Somerset collection.
Subtle effect of heavenly beauty.
Why does is mimick my grandfathers silkscreen, which unveiled a level of handwritten poetry after upper silkdrawing of ravens was taken off by me to be frsmed separately? IMG_20160606_184504

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Another question: why is Botticelli so profound judging by exhibition, not mentioned in my Silverpoint and Goldenpoint all-embracing anthology, apart from one single piece, where he is mentioned in collaboration with Lippi? IMG_20160606_184726 IMG_20160606_184707
We all have a seen a Boticelli coloured chart of hell in Dantes house in Florence. Why is it so different in style?
My good old friend, granddaughter of Duke of Hamilton, has mentioned that her daughter, my former best friend, graduate of Edinburgh Art College with history of burlesque and methadon, is dating Banksy, who happens to be son of Jenners former owner.

But who is Banksy? Can she be sure he is who he says he is? Or is it a hoax from her?

Is Botticelli exhibition, so subtle and so advanced, a hoax grom Banksy, commisioned to draw to a japanese anime artist?

In modern times it is upto a true connoisseur and true heartfelt artlover to figure it out. IMG_20160606_190501 IMG_20160606_190656