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Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli: Judith with the Head of Holofernes Sandro Botticelli: Fortitude St. Augustine Sandro Botticelli: Madonna and Child Sandro Botticelli: Virgin and Child Sandro Botticelli: The Adoration of the Kings Sandro Botticelli: Madonna with Child and Angels Sandro Botticelli: La Bella Simonetta Sandro Botticelli: Giuliano de' Medici
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The Birth of Venus, oil on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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What makes the Birth of Venus so beautiful?
Sandro Botticelli's Birth of Venus, depicting the goddess also known as...
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Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
Birth of Venus, tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the...
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Sandro Botticelli: Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, tempera on panel by Sandro Botticelli,...
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Sandro Botticelli: Fortitude
Fortitude, tempera grassa on wood by Sandro Botticelli, 1470; in The Uffizi...
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St. Augustine
Fresco of St. Augustine by Sandro Botticelli, 1480; in the Church of Ognissanti,...
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Sandro Botticelli: Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child, tempera on panel by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1470; in the...
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Andrew W. Mellon Collection (accession no. 1937.1.21)
Sandro Botticelli: Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child, painting on poplar wood by Sandro Botticelli, date unknown;...
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Sandro Botticelli: The Adoration of the Kings
The Adoration of the Kings, egg tempera on wood by Sandro Botticelli, c....
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Sandro Botticelli: Madonna with Child and Angels
Madonna with Child and Angels (also called Our Lady of the Magnificat),...
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Sandro Botticelli: La Bella Simonetta
La Bella Simonetta, oil on wood by Sandro Botticelli, 1485; in the Palatine...
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Sandro Botticelli: Giuliano de' Medici
Giuliano de' Medici, tempera on panel by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1478/80;...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.56
Sandro Botticelli: Primavera
Primavera (also called Allegory of Spring), tempera grassa on wood...
Universal History Archive/UIG/Shutterstock.com
Sandro Botticelli: Allegory of Slander
Allegory of Slander, tempera on panel by Sandro Botticelli, 1496–97; in...
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Sandro Botticelli: Mystic Nativity
Mystic Nativity, oil on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, 1500; in the National...
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Sandro Botticelli: Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius
Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius, tempera on wood by Sandro Botticelli,...
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Sandro Botticelli: The Map of Hell
The Map of Hell (also called The Chart of Hell or The Abyss of Hell), illustration...
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Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
Birth of Venus, tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the...
Gallleria Degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy/SuperStock
St. Augustine
St. Augustine, fresco by Sandro Botticelli, 1480; in the Church of Ognissanti, Florence.
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
“The Madonna of the Pomegranate,” panel painting by Sandro Botticelli, c....
SCALA/Art Resource/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Primavera, tempera on wood by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1477–82; in...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Plate 9: “The Primavera,” tempera on wood by Sandro Botticelli, 1477-78. In the Uffizi,...
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Early Renaissance drapery, detail of “The Primavera,” painting on panel by Sandro...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Sandro Botticelli: The Virgin and Child with St. John and an Angel
The Virgin and Child with St. John and an Angel, tempera on wood by the...
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The Birth of Venus, oil on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485;...
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