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Portrait of a young man holding a roundel (Estimate Upon Request)
Auction: 01/28/2021
Lot: 15
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Sandro Botticelli AUCTION RECORDS
c.1445 Florence, Italy - 1510 Florence, Italy. Known for: Renaissance painting, Greek mythology figures.
Sandro Botticelli was the youngest son of Mariano Filipepi; he was born in Florence, Italy in 1445. His name was really Allessandro de Mariano Filipepi. Botticelli was really just a nickname, meaning... Read full biography
Sandro Botticelli was the youngest son of Mariano Filipepi; he was born in Florence, Italy in 1445. His name was really Allessandro de Mariano Filipepi. Botticelli was really just a nickname, meaning "little barrel" and was originally bestowed on his older brother. For some reason the name was... Read full biography
Sandro Botticelli was the youngest son of Mariano Filipepi; he was born in Florence, Italy in 1445. His name was really Allessandro de Mariano Filipepi. Botticelli was really just a nickname, meaning "little barrel" and was originally bestowed on his older brother. For some reason the name was passed on and adopted by the younger painter brother. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith in his youth but left that art and studied painting, choosing Fra Filippo Lippi as his first master. The galleries... Read full biography
Sandro Botticelli was the youngest son of Mariano Filipepi; he was born in Florence, Italy in 1445. His name was really Allessandro de Mariano Filipepi. Botticelli was really just a nickname, meaning "little barrel" and was originally bestowed on his older brother. For some reason the name was passed on and adopted by the younger painter brother. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith in his youth but left that art and studied painting, choosing Fra Filippo Lippi as his first master. The galleries of the Uffizi in Florence and the Louvre in Paris both possess circular Madonnas with Angels painted by him soon after the death of Lippi in 1469. Botticelli also practiced engraving to a limited extent. Between the years 1481 and 1484 Botticelli was... Read full biography
Sandro Botticelli was the youngest son of Mariano Filipepi; he was born in Florence, Italy in 1445. His name was really Allessandro de Mariano Filipepi. Botticelli was really just a nickname, meaning "little barrel" and was originally bestowed on his older brother. For some reason the name was passed on and adopted by the younger painter brother. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith in his youth but left that art and studied painting, choosing Fra Filippo Lippi as his first master. The galleries of the Uffizi in Florence and the Louvre in Paris both possess circular Madonnas with Angels painted by him soon after the death of Lippi in 1469. Botticelli also practiced engraving to a limited extent. Between the years 1481 and 1484 Botticelli was called to Rome by Sixtus IV to compete in the decorations of the Sistine Chapel with Perugino, Rossellli, Signorelli and Ghirlandajo. In... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assignee'The Rockefeller Madonna': Madonna and Child with Young Saint John the Baptist
Sandro Botticelli Auction: 01/30/2013Lot: 148Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Madonna and Child, with a pomegranate, in an alcove with roses behind
Sandro Botticelli Auction: 12/07/2006Lot: 39Subscribe or get free alerts
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