Maybe Botticelli thought it wasn't possible. We do know that he abandoned the drawings in 1495, a year after the Medici were expelled from Florence. They seem to have been intended for a projected luxury codex with text and illustrations. To enjoy these drawings, visitors to the Royal Academy must suffer their own Purgatorio. Relegated to the Sackler rooms where the drawings march around the walls, one next to the other, the space is crowded and overheated.
People take lots of time listening to their audio guides, free with the price of admission.
I admit that the guided tour is better than most, but its use makes for slow progress in already cramped quarters. Oh well, bliss isn't far away. All rights reserved.