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Botticelli Sandro
Original name ALESSANDRO DI MARIANO
FILIPEPI (b. 1445, Florence [Italy]--d. May
17, 1510, Florence), Florentine early
Renaissance painter whose Birth of Venus (c.
1485) and Primavera (1477-78) are often said
to epitomize for modern viewers the spirit
of the Renaissance. Botticelli Sandro’s
ecclesiastical commissions included work for
all the major churches of Florence and for
the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Botticelli
Sandro’s name is derived from Botticelli
Sandro’s elder brother Giovanni, a
pawnbroker, who was called Il Botticello
("The Little Barrel"). |