Magnum Italy was going to launch for Dante’s 700th death anniversary an ice cream line based on his most important piece: The Divine Comedy. Therefore, besides a campaign that promoted their newly made ice creams, the brand wanted to honor the great writer and contribute to Italian culture. Hence, they built everything around the brand positioning: pleasure.

With this piece the brand was looking for local and international press recognition. Moreover, it was also crucial to make a great exit on Dante’s anniversary in which the brand had been involved the whole year with the launching of their ice creams.

700 hundred years ago the greatest referent on Italian literature, Dante Alighieri, fell in love with Beatrice Portinari. Ever since then, Beatrice became his muse, guiding him in his most important piece “The Divine Comedy”. Unfortunately, that love never came to life. Until today.

700 years after, Magnum and Roberto Ferri, the pope’s portraitist, created an artwork showing the kiss that Beatrice and Dante never had.

Due to Dante’s relevance in Italian culture, the target was the whole Italian society and media.

To make such achievement, it was crucial to partner with the greatest referent from Italian renaissance of the moment. Along being backed by Dante Alighieri’s official Society.

In a work that took more than two months, the artist investigated, sketched and portrayed the work with the same techniques that were used thousands of years ago.

The painting was presented and exhibited in Palazzo Firenze de Roma, official headquarters of Dante Alighieri’s Society. As well as in a digital exhibition, in which everyone could discover all the secrets behind it.

For a month, people could physically visit the portrait. Subsequently, they will be able to do it in April at the prestigious Italian museum Scuderie del Quirinale.

The play thrilled all Italy: more than 12.000 people went to visit this historic event and the painting got to the heart of more than 60 million people.

The campaign obtained 98% of positive feelings and became the most successful one in Magnum Italia.

Furthermore, a great number of national and international media spread the news and after this repercussion the prestigious museum of Scuderie del Quirinale wanted to exhibit the painting. It will remain there, displayed along with other works of great painters like Caravaggio, Bernini or Botticelli.