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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 – May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli (Italian: [ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He belonged to the Florentine School under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, a movement that would characterize less than a hundred years later in his Vita of ...
- The Mystical Nativity
After the exhibition, Botticelli’s frescoes in Italy began...
- Pallas and The Centaur
In 1499 an inventory lists it in the same room as...
- The Adoration of The Magi
Furthermore, also Botticelli is alleged to have made a...
- Portrait of Dante, C.1495
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- The Mystical Nativity
115.2 × 70 cm. Ajaccio, Musée Fesch. Virgin and Child with an Angel. 1465–1467. Tempera on panel. 87 × 60 cm. Florence, Ospedale degli Innocenti. The Virgin and Child with Two Angels and the Young St. John the Baptist. 1465–1470.
- Allegory of Fortitude (1470) Date Completed. 1470. Medium. Tempera. Dimensions. 167 cm x 87 cm. Currently Housed. The Uffizi Museum. This painting is the sole one produced by Sandro Botticelli in a series of artworks dedicated to the Virtues that Piero del Pollaiolo requested in 1469.
- Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder (1475) Date Completed. 1475. Medium. Tempera. Dimensions. 57 cm x 44 cm. Currently Housed. Uffizi Museum. This portrait was produced in 1575.
- Adoration of the Magi (1476) Date Completed. 1476. Medium. Tempera. Dimensions. 111 cm x 134 cm. Currently Housed. Uffizi Gallery. The Adoration of the Magi is a classic scenario portrayed by Botticelli in which the three Magi, or rulers, bring presents of gold, incense, and frankincense to place before a christ Child.
- Madonna of the Magnificat (1481) Date Completed. 1481. Medium. Tempera. Dimensions. 118 cm x 119 cm. Currently Housed. Uffizi Museum. Botticelli painted Madonna of the Magnificat in 1481.
- Portraits and Fashion
- Dressing Down
- Clothing and Status
- “I Could Not See Her to My Satisfaction”
- Fantastical Beauty
- A Fabled Beauty
- Types of Beauty
Sandro Botticelli is best known for his masterpieces The Birth of Venus and Primavera, but during his prolific career, Botticelli also painted several portraits of contemporary Renaissance Florentines — including Portrait of a Young Woman, currently held in Florence’s Pitti Palace. Portraits of early modern women are especially important art histor...
Depicted clothing provides key iconographicclues for art and fashion historians. During the Renaissance, clothing signaled social rank, marital status, and gender differentiation. Public dress for the upper classes was ostentatious, expensive, and designed to be attention grabbing, with intricately patterned and brightly dyed silks. However, indoor...
While the dress in Portrait of a Young Womanis unassuming, it is not cheap. The overgown—the outermost dress layer—is tailored from a plain brown material, possibly cotton. Using a heartier textile assured the gown would last for years of indoor wear. This dress was designed for supervising the home, including tasks like instructing servants and ov...
It is possible the woman pictured in Botticelli’s Portrait of a Young Woman is Clarice Orsini, a daughter of the noble Roman Orsini family. In June of 1469, at the age of nineteen, Clarice Orsini married the de facto prince of Florence, Lorenzo the Magnificent de’Medici. The Medici were merchant bankers and the most powerful family in Florence, so ...
The intimacy displayed by the figure’s dress is rare for the period, and offers a unique glimpse into how public and private notions of Renaissance womanhood diverged. Comparing Botticelli’s Portrait of a Young Woman (possibly Clarice Orsini) with another, slightly earlier painting, also entitled Portrait of a Young Woman, clarifies the wide range ...
Some scholars believe the woman pictured in this image is Simonetta Vespucci, another contemporary Florentine woman associated with the Medici family. Simonetta Vespucci was the “it-girl” of Quattrocento Florence, considered one of the most beautiful women in the city. Both Medici male heirs, Lorenzo de’Medici the Magnificent and his younger brothe...
Both of the Botticelli portraits discussed in this essay — of young, Florentine women — showcase wildly different visual conceptions of Renaissance female beauty. Together, the images tell a story about legacy, patriarchy, and two women deeply connected to and beloved by one of the most powerful and influential dynasties in early modern Europe.
Sandro Botticelli was born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi. His date of birth is not certain, but his father, who worked as a tanner, submitted tax returns that claimed Botticelli was two years old in 1447 and 13 years old in 1458. Therefore, art historians have assumed that he was born around 1445.
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Feb 7, 2023 · And you can see one of these, the Cestello Annunciation, which is a more simplified composition, at the Uffizi (Florence), and another one in the Metropolitan in New York. Where to see it: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow. 9. Callumny of Apelles.
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Dec 22, 2016 · Love conquers war – this is the message behind Botticelli’s painting ‘Mars and Venus’. Mars, the god of war, is asleep and unarmed, while Venus, goddess of love, is awake and alert. Botticelli was most likely influenced by a lost classical painting showing the marriage of Alexander the Great to Roxana, as described by the 2nd-century ...
