Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius by Sandro Botticelli
Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist by Sandro Botticelli
Man of Sorrows by Sandro Botticelli
Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici by Sandro Botticelli
Madonna and Child with an Angel by Sandro Botticelli
Madonna and Child with Angels Carrying Candlesticks by Sandro Botticelli
Retable of Trebbio by Sandro Botticelli
Portrait of a Young Man, possibly Giuliano de' Medici by Sandro Botticelli
The Christ Child and the Infant John the Baptist by Sandro Botticelli
The Nativity by Sandro Botticelli
The Triumph of Mordecai by Sandro Botticelli
Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist by Sandro Botticelli

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About Sandro Botticelli

Italian · 1445–1510 · Renaissance

Named after his brother's nickname ('little barrel'), trained as a goldsmith, painted Venus on a shell, and may have burned his own paintings in a bonfire.

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Sandro Botticelli's works are held in 33 museums worldwide, including Uffizi Gallery, National Gallery, and Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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🇨🇦 Canada

1 museum

🇫🇷 France

3 museums

🇩🇪 Germany

3 museums

🇮🇹 Italy

8 museums

🇲🇽 Mexico

1 museum

🇷🇺 Russia

1 museum

🇪🇸 Spain

1 museum

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

5 museums

🇺🇸 United States

9 museums

🇻🇦 Vatican City

1 museum

Frequently Asked Questions

  • When did Sandro Botticelli live?
    Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, known as Sandro Botticelli, was born in Florence in 1445. Sandro Botticelli died in 1510, largely forgotten, and was not rediscovered until the Pre-Raphaelites championed him in the nineteenth century.
  • Was Sandro Botticelli religious?
    Sandro Botticelli was called to Rome to participate in the decoration of the Sistine Chapel. He was assigned to paint mainly historical themes.
  • Is Sandro Botticelli a renaissance artist?
    Sandro Botticelli is a Renaissance artist. His paintings reflect the fine draughtsmanship that was fundamental to Florentine art at that time.
  • Did Sandro Botticelli live during the renaissance?
    Sandro Botticelli lived during the Renaissance. He painted the first large-scale Renaissance painting of a mythological subject and is believed to have painted the first Renaissance nude painting in Europe.
  • Who was Sandro Botticelli's teacher?
    Sandro Botticelli was apprenticed to a goldsmith and then to the painter Fra Filippo Lippi. Lippi's delicate line and pale colouring shaped everything Botticelli went on to do.
  • Did Sandro Botticelli burn his paintings?
    Sandro Botticelli may have burned some of his own paintings in the Bonfire of the Vanities in 1497. Whether this represents genuine religious conversion or political self-preservation is unclear.
  • Was Sandro Botticelli a medici?
    Although Sandro Botticelli worked in Florence under the patronage of the Medici family, there is no indication he was a Medici himself. However, a playful poem by Lorenzo de' Medici may refer to him.
  • Why did Sandro Botticelli create art?
    Among the Florentine artists of the second half of the fifteenth century who strove for a solution to this question was Sandro Botticelli. One of his most famous pictures represents not a Christian legend but a classical myth, The Birth of Venus.

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Sandro Botticelli's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] museum Courtauld Gallery Used for: museum holdings.
  2. [2] museum Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Used for: museum holdings.
  3. [3] museum Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  4. [4] museum Clark Art Institute Used for: museum holdings.
  5. [5] museum Basilica of Santa Maria Novella Used for: museum holdings.
  6. [6] museum Barber Institute of Fine Arts Used for: museum holdings.
  7. [7] book Judith Anne Testa, ˜Anœ Art Lover's Guide to Florence Used for: biography.
  8. [8] book Susie Hodge, Art Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  9. [9] book Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author, Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author - The Art Book_ New Edition, Mini Format Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  10. [10] book Ana Debenedetti;, Botticelli Used for: biography.
  11. [11] book [work edited by Federico Zeri; text based on the interviews between Federico Zeri and Marco Dolcetta; chief editor of 2000 English language edition, Elena Mazour; English translation, Susan Scott], Botticelli_ Allegory of Spring (One Hundred Pa Used for: biography.
  12. [12] book Miles J. Unger, Michelangelo Used for: biography.
  13. [13] book Gabriele Mandel, The complete paintings of Botticelli Used for: biography.
  14. [14] book Gabriele Mandel, The complete paintings of Botticelli_1 Used for: biography.
  15. [15] book E. H. Gombrich, The Story of Art - 16th Edition Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  16. [16] book Beckett, Wendy, The story of painting Used for: stylistic analysis.

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