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from “Le 34 tavole di Robert Rauschenberg per l ́Inferno di Dante”, edited in 1965 by Edizioni Macorini, Milan, based on the 1958-59 originals from the Museum of Modern Art, New York , “Virgil explains that he was sent by Beatrice, the symbol of divine love. Together, Dante and Virgil begin their descent into the underworld.”