Botticelli (Sandro Filipepi)
ca. 1445 - 1510
Sandro Botticelli was born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi in Florence around 1445. Works in Florence all his life where many of his works today are on display in the Florence Uffizi museum. The only interruption from his life in Florence is his short stay in Rome, where he produces 3 frescoes for the Sistine Chapel.a
After his training with Frà Filippo Lippi, father of Filippino Lippi, Botticelli falls in with the Florentine rulers of the day - the De' Medici family. Through circles surrounding the artistic Lorenzo 'il Magnifico' he receives commissions for classical works, including the Birth of Venus and Primavera. At the same time he works on a religious body of works.
After Lorenzo's death (1492) and the De' Medici family's decline, Botticelli all but stops producing classical works. Possibly influenced by a more Puritan shift in the spirit of his times, his work is now mostly sacred and characterized by a melancholy bordering on pathos. Botticelli dies in Florence in 1510.
Botticelli gets his name from his corpulent brother who was nicknamed il botticello or: the small barrel.
work by Botticelli (Sandro Filipepi)
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