It’s unknown when Botticelli made the painting (although scholars agree it was the 1470s or early 1480s), nor why exactly he did. Many believe it was commissioned by Medicis as a gift on the ...

Botticelli’s ‘Tragedy of Lucretia’ (1499-1500) Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Arts. Art Review ... wood nymphs, and gently flowing garments. But in “Botticelli: ...

But the more common interpretation is that its inspiration was a poem by Botticelli's friend Agnolo Poliziano.. 13. It took The Birth of Venus centuries to find fame.. During Botticelli’s life ...

Sandro Botticelli Frank Zollner, , trans. from the German by Ishbel Flett. . Prestel, $165 (352pp) ISBN 978-3-7913-3272-7 ...

The Italian Consulate in Shanghai and Tix-Media announced on Mar 16 a grand exhibition of Botticelli and other Renaissance masters will take place at the Bund One Art Museum in Shanghai from Apr ...