Tag: portrait

Ritratto di Esmeralda Brandini (c.1470-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Esmeralda Brandini (Portrait of a Lady known as Smeralda Bandinelli) c.1470–1480 Tempera on panel, 65.7 x 41 cm Victoria & Albert Museum, London Sandro Botticelli (1444/5-1510) was trained in Florence in the studio of Fra Filippo Lippi…

Michele Marullo Tarcaniota (c.1497)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Michele Marullo Tarcaniota (Michael Tarchaniota Marullus) c.1497 Tempera on canvas transferred from panel, 49 x 35 cm Private collection Guardans Cambó Collection. See also: • Marullus, Michael Tarchaniota (1453-1500)

Ritratto di giovane uomo (1482-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1482–1485 Tempera on panel, 43.5 x 46.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This vertical portrait shows the head, shoulders, and chest of a young man with smooth, pale skin…

Giuliano de’ Medici (1478-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici c.1478–1480 Tempera on panel, 75.5 x 52.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the chest up, a man with pale, yellow-tinged skin is angled to our right with downcast eyes in this vertical portrait…

Giuliano de’ Medici (1478)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici 1478 Tempera on poplar, 57.1 x 38.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Attributed to Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici, the younger brother of Lorenzo the Magnifico, was murdered in Florence Cathedral in 1478 at the age…

Ritratto di Giuliano de’ Medici (c.1478-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Giuliano de’ Medici (Portrait of Giuliano de’ Medici) c.1478–1480 Tempera on panel, 59.5 x 39.3 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo Initiated by his father into the profession of goldsmith and from Filippo Lippi to that of painter,…

San Sisto II (c.1481)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Sisto II (St. Sixtus II) c.1481 Fresco, 210 x 80 cm Cappella Sistina, Vaticano See also: • Sixtus II (257-258)

Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (c.1480-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci) c.1480–1485 Mixed technique on poplar, 81.3 x 50 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Idealised Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph) The fantastical accoutrements in this larger-than-life-size half-length painting…

Ritratto di giovane donna (1475-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1475–1480 Oil on poplar, 55.4 x 43 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the past, this portrait was considered to be that of Simonetta Vespucci, venerated by Giuliano de’ Medici, who died…

Ritratto di Dante (c.1495)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Dante (Portrait of Dante) c.1495 Tempera on canvas, 54.7 x 47.5 cm Private collection See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321)