Sandro Botticelli - Finestre sull'Arte

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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Naples, recovered a Renaissance Madonna attributed to Sandro Botticelli

A Madonna and Child attributed to Sandro Botticelli has been handed over to the state: it is a panel painting that was originally in the chapel of Santa Maria delle Grazie in the town of Santa Maria la Carità (Naples), then later moved to Gra...
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New study on Botticelli's Calumny brings out interesting facts about the masterpiece

New discoveries around one of Sandro Botticelli's most famous paintings, namely Apelles' Calumny. In particular, it seems that among the sources that inspired the great Florentine Renaissance artist were also Ovid, Dante, Boccaccio, and thus the Meta...
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Botticelli's Venus, a symbol of the Renaissance

Sandro Botticelli 's Birth of Venus is a masterpiece for which adjectives have now run out. Celebrated by poets and men of letters, the very image of the Renaissance, the Florentine in particular and the Italian in general, turned into...
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From Bergamo to Milan: a Botticelli climbs to the top of CityLife's PwC Tower

In Milan's new CityLife district, Sandro Botticelli 's Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici will be on display on the top floor of the PwC Tower. The painting, created by Botticelli between 1478 and 1480, is part of the collections of theCarrara Academy i...
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Sotheby's, Botticelli's Vir Dolorum sold for $45.4 million

One year after the record sale of Sandro Botticelli's $92.2 million Portrait of a Young Man with Medallion, the same artist's Vir Dolorum went to auction at Sotheby 's today as expected. A few days ago the latter painting had provided a wonderful su...
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Coming to theaters the docu-film dedicated to Botticelli and his masterpieces

Only on January 24, 25 and 26, 2022 comes to the Botticelli and Florence cinemas in an exclusive premiere. The Birth of Beauty, the docufilm, with narration by Jasmine Trinca, produced by Sky, Ballandi and Nexo Digital under the patronage of the City...
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Sandro Botticelli's Vir Dolorum goes up for auction at Sotheby's. Estimate: $40 million

Going up for auction at Sotheby 's is Sandro Botticelli 's (Florence, 1445 - 1510) Vir dolorum, one of the artist's most important works remaining in private hands.The painting will be featured at Sotheby's Masters Week in New York in January 2022, w...
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