Sandro Botticelli

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Sandro Botticelli was an Italian Early Renaissance painter renowned for his graceful linear style and iconic works such as "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Early Renaissance artist
Italian Renaissance painter
human
painter
birthDate 1445
birthName Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi
birthPlace Florence
Republic of Florence
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Republic of Florence
deathDate 1510
deathPlace Florence
Republic of Florence
depicts Christian religious themes in his paintings
classical mythology in his paintings
employer House of Medici
surface form: Medici family
ethnicGroup Italian
fieldOfWork painting
gender male
genre mythological painting
portrait painting
religious painting
givenName Alessandro
influenced 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite painters
High Renaissance artists
influencedBy Andrea del Verrocchio
Filippo Lippi
Pollaiuolo brothers
movement Renaissance
surface form: Early Renaissance

Renaissance
surface form: Italian Renaissance
name Sandro Botticelli self-link
nickname Sandro Botticelli self-linksurface differs
surface form: Botticelli

Sandro
notableWork Adoration of the Magi
Calumny of Apelles
Fortitude
Madonna of the Magnificat
Madonna of the Pomegranate
Portrait of a Young Man
Primavera
The Birth of Venus
The Mystical Nativity
The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti
Venus and Mars
occupation artist
painter
patron House of Medici
surface form: Medici family
religion Roman Catholicism
style elegant figures
graceful contour lines
linear style
workLocation Florence

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House of della Rovere commissionedArtist Sandro Botticelli
Medici court in Florence employed Sandro Botticelli
Courtauld Gallery hasCollectionOfWorksBy Sandro Botticelli
Old Masters hasNotableExample Sandro Botticelli
Städel Museum hasWorkBy Sandro Botticelli
Sandro Botticelli name Sandro Botticelli self-link
Sandro Botticelli nickname Sandro Botticelli self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Botticelli
infant John the Baptist notableDepictionsBy Sandro Botticelli
subject surface form: Infant John the Baptist
Lamentation of Christ notableExampleBy Sandro Botticelli
Republic of Florence notablePerson Sandro Botticelli
House of Medici patronOf Sandro Botticelli
Lorenzo de' Medici patronOf Sandro Botticelli
Pope Sixtus IV patronage Sandro Botticelli
Renaissance papacy patronizedArtist Sandro Botticelli
this entity surface form: Botticelli