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Detail from Botticelli's most famous work, [4] The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486) Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 [1] – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli (/ ˌ b ɒ t ɪ ˈ tʃ ɛ l i / BOT-ih-CHEL-ee; Italian: [ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]) or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.
[11] (the long dark locks and facial features are not dissimilar from those found on Mercury in Botticelli's Primavera, another presumed representation of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco.) The cut-out now in place may not be the original insertion; it may have been another medal of Cosimo.
In this painting the boy is seated head on, so his whole face can be mapped out, making this a revolutionary work for its time. [1] This work has at various times been attributed to Giorgione, Filippino Lippi and even believed to be a self-portrait by Masaccio. [1] It is now widely accepted as a Botticelli and is his only known en face portrait.
Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486).Tempera on canvas. 172.5 cm × 278.9 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in). Uffizi, Florence Detail: the face of Venus. The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere [ˈnaʃʃita di ˈvɛːnere]) is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the mid-1480s.
The following is a list of panel paintings, works on canvas and frescoes by the Italian painter Sandro Botticelli. [1] His drawings, such as those of the Divine Comedy, are excluded. It is not indicated if some works might be executed with more or less participation by his workshop.
Venus standing in her arch.. The painting features six female figures and two male, along with a cupid, in an orange grove. The movement of the composition is from right to left, so following that direction the standard identification of the figures is as follows: At the far right, "Zephyrus, the biting wind of March, kidnaps and possesses the nymph Chloris, whom he later marries and ...
Italian Renaissance portraits by Sandro Botticelli (c.1445−1510). Pages in category "Portraits by Sandro Botticelli" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Portrait of a Young Man is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, dated between 1470 and 1475. It is housed in the Palazzo Pitti of Florence. Variously attributed to different painters, it was eventually included in Botticelli's works. It is one of the first known three-quarters portraits in western European art.