Sandro Botticelli

Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1445-1510 Italian painter and draughtsman. In his lifetime he was one of the most esteemed painters in Italy, enjoying the patronage of the leading families of Florence, in particular the Medici and their banking clients. He was summoned to take part in the decoration of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, was highly commended by diplomatic agents to Ludovico Sforza in Milan and Isabella d Este in Mantua and also received enthusiastic praise from the famous mathematician Luca Pacioli and the humanist poet Ugolino Verino. By the time of his death, however, Botticelli s reputation was already waning. He was overshadowed first by the advent of what Vasari called the maniera devota, a new style by Perugino, Francesco Francia and the young Raphael, whose new and humanly affective sentiment, infused atmospheric effects and sweet colourism took Italy by storm; he was then eclipsed with the establishment immediately afterwards of the High Renaissance style, which Vasari called the modern manner, in the paintings of Michelangelo and the mature works of Raphael in the Vatican. From that time his name virtually disappeared until the reassessment of his reputation that gathered momentum in the 1890s


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Sandro Botticelli The Story of Lucretia oil


The Story of Lucretia
Painting ID::  52414
The Story of Lucretia
1496-1504 Tempera on panel, 83,5 x 180 cm
1496-1504_Tempera_on_panel,_83,5_x_180_cm
   
   
     

Sandro Botticelli Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman oil


Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman
Painting ID::  52415
Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman
c. 1484 Fresco transferred to canvas, 211 x 284 cm
c._1484_Fresco_transferred_to_canvas,_211_x_284_cm
   
   
     

Sandro Botticelli A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts oil


A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts
Painting ID::  52416
A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts
c. 1484 Fresco transferred to canvas, 238 x 284 cm
c._1484_Fresco_transferred_to_canvas,_238_x_284_cm
   
   
     

Sandro Botticelli St Sixtus II oil


St Sixtus II
Painting ID::  52417
St Sixtus II
1481 Fresco, 210 x 80 cm
1481_Fresco,_210_x_80_cm
   
   
     

Sandro Botticelli Venus Fodor oil


Venus Fodor
Painting ID::  53692
Venus Fodor
mk234 ca 1485-86 175x280cm
mk234_ ca_1485-86_ 175x280cm
   
   
     

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     Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1445-1510 Italian painter and draughtsman. In his lifetime he was one of the most esteemed painters in Italy, enjoying the patronage of the leading families of Florence, in particular the Medici and their banking clients. He was summoned to take part in the decoration of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, was highly commended by diplomatic agents to Ludovico Sforza in Milan and Isabella d Este in Mantua and also received enthusiastic praise from the famous mathematician Luca Pacioli and the humanist poet Ugolino Verino. By the time of his death, however, Botticelli s reputation was already waning. He was overshadowed first by the advent of what Vasari called the maniera devota, a new style by Perugino, Francesco Francia and the young Raphael, whose new and humanly affective sentiment, infused atmospheric effects and sweet colourism took Italy by storm; he was then eclipsed with the establishment immediately afterwards of the High Renaissance style, which Vasari called the modern manner, in the paintings of Michelangelo and the mature works of Raphael in the Vatican. From that time his name virtually disappeared until the reassessment of his reputation that gathered momentum in the 1890s

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