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Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1445-1510 Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello ("The Little Barrel"; March 1, 1445 ?C May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, was characterized by Giorgio Vasari as a "golden age", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his Vita of Botticelli. His posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then his work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting, and The Birth of Venus and Primavera rank now among the most familiar masterpieces of Florentine art. Details of Botticelli's life are sparse, but we know that he became an apprentice when he was about fourteen years old, which would indicate that he received a fuller education than did other Renaissance artists. Vasari reported that he was initially trained as a goldsmith by his brother Antonio. Probably by 1462 he was apprenticed to Fra Filippo Lippi; many of his early works have been attributed to the elder master, and attributions continue to be uncertain. Influenced also by the monumentality of Masaccio's painting, it was from Lippi that Botticelli learned a more intimate and detailed manner. As recently discovered, during this time, Botticelli could have traveled to Hungary, participating in the creation of a fresco in Esztergom, ordered in the workshop of Fra Filippo Lippi by Vitez J??nos, then archbishop of Hungary. By 1470 Botticelli had his own workshop. Even at this early date his work was characterized by a conception of the figure as if seen in low relief, drawn with clear contours, and minimizing strong contrasts of light and shadow which would indicate fully modeled forms.

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BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Birth of Venus (detail) ff oil painting artist


BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Birth of Venus (detail) ff oil painting artist

The Birth of Venus (detail) ff
Painting ID::  5283
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c. 1485 Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cm (full painting) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

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BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Birth of Venus (detail) dsfds oil painting artist


BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Birth of Venus (detail) dsfds oil painting artist

The Birth of Venus (detail) dsfds
Painting ID::  5284
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c. 1485 Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cm (full painting) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

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BOTTICELLI, Sandro Madonna with the Child (Madonna with the Book)  vg oil painting artist


BOTTICELLI, Sandro Madonna with the Child (Madonna with the Book)  vg oil painting artist

Madonna with the Child (Madonna with the Book) vg
Painting ID::  5285
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1483 Panel, 58 x 40 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

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BOTTICELLI, Sandro Madonna and Child with an Angel (detail)  fghfgh oil painting artist


BOTTICELLI, Sandro Madonna and Child with an Angel (detail)  fghfgh oil painting artist

Madonna and Child with an Angel (detail) fghfgh
Painting ID::  5286
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c. 1470 Tempera on wood Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

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BOTTICELLI, Sandro Madonna of the Magnificat  fg oil painting artist


BOTTICELLI, Sandro Madonna of the Magnificat  fg oil painting artist

Madonna of the Magnificat fg
Painting ID::  5287
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c.1485 Tempera on panel, diameter 118 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

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