The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, part one [SEP] creator
The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, part one
The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, part one is a painting in tempera on wood by Sandro Botticelli, dated 1483. It measures 83 x 138 cm and is held in the Prado in Madrid.
History.
The picture is one of a series of four, possibly commissioned by Lorenzo the Magnificent in 1483 to donate to Giannozzo Pucci on the occasion of his wedding to Lucrezia Bini that year. The four were held in the Palazzo Pucci in Florence
Nastagio degli Onesti
Nastagio degli Onesti is the protagonist in one of the one hundred short stories contained in "The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio. The eighth story of the fifth day, it tells of the unrequited love of the nobleman Nastagio for a girl who will eventually be induced to accept Nastagio's affection by the appearance of a rejected lover and her beloved.
Plot.
Nastagio degli Onesti is a noble in Ravenna, made rich after the death of his father and uncle. He falls in love with a