Artist: Sandro Botticelli (1445 - 1510)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Florentine School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Born in Florence as Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi, Botticelli was given his nickname, “little barrel, ” by his brother and father figure Giovanni. Botticelli studied under Fra Lippo Lippi from 1458 to 1467. In 1480, he began working on the Sistine Chapel frescoes. Although his primary subjects were allegorical and mythological interpretations, he also painted portraits and illustrated Dante’s Divine Comedy. Two of Botticelli’s most renowned works are The Birth of Venus and Primavera.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Sandro Botticelli - Annunciation early 1490's tempera on panel The Hyde Collection Italian
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The Annunciation, ca. 1485 Sandro Botticelli (Italian [Florence], ca. 1445-1510)Tempera on panel; 7 1/2 x
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Sandro Botticelli - The Adoration of the Child c. 1500 tempera on panel North Carolina Museum of Art Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Giuliano de' Medici c. 1478-1480 tempera on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Portrait of a young man c. 1480-1485 egg tempera and oil The National Gallery, London Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - The Adoration of the Kings c. 1470 egg tempera on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Portrait of a Youth c. 1482-1485 tempera on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - The Resurrected Christ c. 1480 paint on wood panel The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Adoration of the Kings c. 1470-1475 egg tempera on popla The National Gallery, London Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - The Adoration of the Magi c. 1478-1482 tempera and oil on p National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Venus and Mars c. 1485 egg tempera and oil The National Gallery, London Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Mystic Nativity 1500 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Madonna and Child c. 1470 tempera on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Judith with the Head of Holofernes c. 1469-c. 1470 tempera on panel Cincinnati Art Museum Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - The Descent of the Holy Ghost 1495-1505 oil on panel Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - The Virgin Adoring the Child 1480-1490 tempera on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius c. 1500 egg tempera on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Madonna and Child with Angels 1465-1470 oil and tempera on p National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Saint Francis of Assisi with Angels c. 1475-1480 egg tempera and oil The National Gallery, London Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Four Scenes from the Early Life of Saint Zenobius c. 1500 egg tempera on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Sandro Botticelli - Virgin and Child with the Young John the Baptist c. 1490 tempera and oil on w Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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Sandro Botticelli, Italian (Florentine), 1444-45–1510 Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist about 1480-85
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Henry Wolf, Madonna by Botticelli, 19th - 20th century
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Giovanni Paolo Lasinio, Madonna with Angels, after Botticelli, 19th century
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The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, early 1490s Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florentine,
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Sandro Chia - Everything Is Going Well 1981 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum Italian
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Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius, 1500-1510 Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florentine, 1444-45–1510)Tempera on
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Madonna and Child Follower of Botticelli (Italian, Florentine, fourth quarter 15th century)Tempera on wood; Arched
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Sandro Chia - Untitled 1985 watercolor and ink o Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma Italian
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The Coronation of the Virgin Follower of Botticelli (Italian, Florentine, fourth quarter 15th century)Tempera on
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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine,
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Sandro Chia - Man Seated at Table 1984 charcoal and pencil Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Madonna and Child with Two Angels Attributed to Botticelli (Italian, Florentine, 1444-45–1510)Tempera on wood; Oval,
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Botticelli - Virgin and Child n.d. oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum Italian
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Attributed to Francesco Rosselli, Italian, 1448–before 1513 After Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi) Assumption of the Virgin
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Botticelli - Madonna and Child with Adoring Angel c. 1468 Tempera on Panel Norton Simon Museum Italian
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The Conversion of Saint Paul, predella panel Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) (Italian,
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Totila before Saint Benedict, predella panel Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) (Italian, Florentine,
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Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Dead Child, predella panel Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro)
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The Trinity, lunette Bartolomeo di Giovanni (Italian, Florentine, active by 1488, died 1501)Tempera on wood;

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (10)
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Royal Academy of the Arts: BOTTICELLI: The Drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy
It is thought that Botticelli created the drawings sometime between 1480 and 1495 for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, a member of the leading Florentine family who championed his work. Botticelli followed D...
Kupferstichkabinett: Sandro Botticelli and Dante's Divina Comedia
However, soon after their creation the works on paper mysteriously disappeared; only some of their provenances to their present owners are fully known. A few of them are now owned by the Vatican Library but most of them have been owned by the Kupfers...
BBC: Rolf On Art: Series to Recreate Full Size Version of ‘The Birth of Venus'
This is the most ambitious painting in terms of size and complexity that Rolf has undertaken as part of his show, which attracts viewing figures of 7 million and is said to be the favourite programme of the Controller of BBC1. It is the first time R...
Kimbell Art Museum: Stroganoff: The Palace and Collections of a Russian Noble Family
The exhibition will draw upon the collections of The State Hermitage and The State Russian Museums to assemble works of art acquired, sponsored, or commissioned by ...
Portland Art Museum: Stroganoff
The exhibition includes icons and antiquities, palace furnishings and paintings of the greatest European masters from Botticelli to Poussin. These will be arrayed as they were in the Stroganoff Palace, one of the gran...
National Gallery of Art: Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's - Ginevra de' Benci - and Renaissance Portraits of Women
The Gallery is pleased to present this remarkable exhibition that brings together some of the most outstanding examples of Florentine portraits of women from the mid-15th and 16th centuries, said Earl ...
Michael Hoppen Gallery: Anne Pigalle: Amerotica
“…A couple of years ago I had a break-up with a boyfriend… All he left behind was his Argos card. With it I went to get a Polaroid camera and in front of the big mirror, staged these photos to express my feelings. Each week I gave him a photo: ...
Victoria and Albert Museum: Five New Painting Galleries to Open
The V&A has remarkable collections of eighteenth and nineteenth century British landscape paintings and watercolours (the national collection of watercolours is held at the V&A). Three galleries will focus on the image of landscape in Britain as...
National Gallery of Art: FROM REMBRANDT TO RUBENS AND MONET TO MATISSE, EXHIBITION PRESENTS ACQUISITIONS OF THE LAST DECADE AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY
The exhibition is made possible by Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications. The Foundation is also funding the development of a ...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Fili Italiani: A Thousand Years of Needlework
The Italian word for embroidery comes from the Arab word, "rakam". During the Arab rule in Sicily, there was a famous workshop of embroidery in Palermo, Il Tiraz, where important robes and accessories for the emperors were embroidered in silk and ...

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