Were Brutus and Cassius as unpopular in the 15th century and before as their appearance in Dante's Inferno would suggest? What other authors or artists depicted them poorly?

by writerdmcollins

I know that by the time of Michelangelo, Brutus was popular enough to earn being depicted in a statute. But some time between the era of Augustus and the time of Michelangelo, it seems Caesar stayed in a lionized position but that his murderers' cultural stock plummeted greatly.