Sandro Botticelli

Italian · 1445–1510

Early RenaissanceFlorentine School

Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work.

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The Adoration of the Magi — The living window: art moves here the way it moves in your living room.

works in the Momentable archive: 6works in the Momentable archive
museum holds them: 1museum holds them
life: 1445–1510life
movement: Early Renaissancemovement

The work

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The Adoration of the Magi

Sandro Botticelli · National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Youth

Sandro Botticelli · National Gallery of Art

Giuliano de' Medici

Sandro Botticelli · National Gallery of Art

Who Sandro Botticelli was

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work. Since then, his paintings have been seen to represent the linear grace of late Italian Gothic and some Early Renaissance painting, even though they date from the latter half of the Italian Renaissance period.

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