Alessandro (Sandro) Botticelli was born in Florence in 1444 or 1445, the fourth son of Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, a tanner. Alessandro's nickname was derived from the one given to his eldest brother Giovanni, who, because of his corpulence, was called "Il Botticello" (little barrel). It is believed that Botticelli was apprenticed as a goldsmith before being sent, probably in the beginning of the 1460s, to Fra Filippo Lippi in order to study painting.
Since 1470, Botticelli ran his own workshop in Florence and, in 1472, he became a member of the St. Luke's Guild. His early woks were mostly small religious pieces. In 1470, he was commissioned...
c.1467. Tempera on panel. Galleria dell' Accademia, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
c.1467. Tempera on panel. Galleria dell' Accademia, Florence, Italy.
c.1469-1470. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
c.1469-1470. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
c.1469-1470. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
c.1470. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
c.1470. Tempera on panel. Museo e Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.
c.1470. Tempera on panel. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, USA.
c.1470. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
c.1470. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
c.1470-1474. Tempera on panel. National Gallery, London, UK. Read Note.
1474. Tempera on panel. Staatliche Museen Preubischer Kulturbesitz, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. Read Note.
c.1475. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
c.1470-1473. Tempera on panel. Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy.
c.1474-1475. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
c.1470-1475. Tempera on panel. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
c.1475. Tempera on panel. Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy.
c.1476-1477. Tempera on panel. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
c.1478. Tempera on panel. Staatliche Museen Preubischer Kulturbesitz, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
c.1480. Tempera on panel. Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy.
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