Sandro Botticelli - Finestre sull'Arte

Klesch Collection acquires early masterpiece by Sandro Botticelli

The Klesch Collection, a major British private collection, has announced the acquisition of the Madonna and Child Enthroned by Sandro Botticelli (Florence, 1445 - 1510), an important early work datable to between 1465 and 1470: the work will be on pu...
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Two Botticelli masterpieces from the Jacquemart-André in Paris on display at Palazzo Blu in Pisa

From Nov. 22, 2025, to Feb. 15, 2026, Palazzo Blu in Pisa will host two works by Sandro Botticelli (Florence, 1445 - 1510) from the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris, which will temporarily join the permanent collection. The paintings on displa...
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A nightmare for Botticelli. If the painter is accused of inventing feminicide.

As of October 19, 2025, French radio stations are broadcasting Un mauvais rêve de SandroBotticelli (A Bad Dream of Botticelli https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/allons-y-voir/un-mauvais-reve-de-sandro-botticelli-6063000). The fir...
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Retrieved unpublished work from Botticelli's workshop that was noticed by Berenson and Zeri. It will go to auction

A forgotten work from Sandro Botticelli 's workshop returns to light after nearly a century and is set to be auctioned in Florence, Italy, by Pandolfini, on Oct. 29, 2025. It is the Deposition of Christ in the Sepulcher with the Virgin, Magdalene, Sa...
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Story of Lucretia, the rape that radically changed the politics of ancient Rome

Lucretia 's is a tragic story. It is a story of rape in ancient Rome, but also of honor violated. And it is a story that ends in tragedy because so strong is the shame at the thought of being unjustly considered an adulteress, she who was completely...
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British government imposes temporary export ban on an early masterpiece by Botticelli

The British government has imposed a temporary export ban on a Sandro Botticelli painting in an effort to prevent the work from leaving the United Kingdom. The ban aims to provide time for a gallery or national institution to acquire the Virgin and C...
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For the Christmas exhibition at the Diocesan Museum in Milan, there is a masterpiece from the Uffizi: Botticelli's Adoration

A masterpiece on loan from the Uffizi will be the star of the customary Christmas exhibition at the Museo Diocesano "Carlo Maria Martini" in Milan: in fact, Sandro Botticelli'sAdoration of the Magi is coming from Florence and will be the focus of the...
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Sandro Botticelli's Primavera, the very image of the beautiful season

When one thinks of a work of art that succeeds in embodying the essence of spring, probably the image that will most easily come to mind will be that of Botticelli's Primavera , at the risk of being a bit trite. Few paintings, however, have reached t...
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