The Calumny of Apelles

Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Artwork: The Calumny of Apelles
Description: The Calumny of Apelles is a 1495 tempera on panel painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. The painting illustrates a story from antiquity in which the personification of Calumny (slander) is depicted as a hideous woman who whispers lies into the ear of a king, while the personification of Truth, a nude woman, is pushed away.
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