Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance in Florence, celebrated for a distinctive linear style combining the grace of late Gothic art with the new pictorial ambitions of his era. Working under the patronage of the Medici family and receiving commissions from Pope Sixtus IV for the Sistine Chapel, he painted religious works, portraits, and, most famously, large-scale mythological subjects including The Birth of Venus and Primavera, among the first paintings since antiquity to treat classical mythology on a monumental scale. Botticelli's reputation faded after his death and was not restored until the late nineteenth century, when the Pre-Raphaelite painters rediscovered his work and helped establish him as one of the defining artists of the Florentine Renaissance.
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Birth Yearexact date uncertain, c. 1445 BirthplaceFlorence, Republic of Florence 1 Death PlaceFlorence, Republic of Florence 1 Connections
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Botticelli painted The Birth of Venus and Primavera in tempera.
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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli ( BOT-ih-CHEL-ee; Italian: [ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]) or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.
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c. 1445
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May 17, 1510
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May 17, 1510
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Florence, Republic of Florence
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Florence, Republic of Florence
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an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance
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Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work.
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Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman (Wikipedia)
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Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman, also known as Gioo degli Albizzi Receiving a Gift of Flowers from Venus (Italian: Venere e le tre Grazie offrono doni a una giovane), is a fresco painting by the Italia
Temptations of Christ (Botticelli) (Wikipedia)
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The Temptations of Christ is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, executed in 1480-1482 and located in the Sistine Chapel, Rome.
Youth of Moses (Wikipedia)
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The Youth of Moses or The Trials of Moses is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli and his workshop, executed in 1481-1482 in the Sistine Chapel, Rome (modern-day Italy).
Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Botticelli, Milan) (Wikipedia)
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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints is a painting of the Lamentation of Christ by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, dated between 1490 and 1495. The painting was originally kept in Santa Maria Maggiore
Punishment of the Sons of Korah (Wikipedia)
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Calumny of Apelles (Wikipedia)
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Portrait of a Young Man (Botticelli, London) (Wikipedia)
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