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Sandro Botticelli

1445 - 1510

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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli ( BOT-ih-CHEL-ee; Italian: [ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]) or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work. Since then, his paintings have been seen to represent the linear grace of late Italian Gothic and some Early Renaissance painting, even though they date from the latter half of the Italian Renaissance period. In addition to the mythological subjects for which he is best known today, Botticelli painted a wide range of religious subjects (including dozens of renditions of the Madonna and Child, many in the round tondo shape) and also some portraits. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sandro Botticelli is the 14th most popular painter (up from 17th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Italy (down from 28th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Painter.

Sandro Botticelli is most famous for his painting "The Birth of Venus" which is one of the most popular paintings in the world.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sandro Botticelli ranks 14 out of 2,023. Before him are Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, and Johannes Vermeer. After him are Edvard Munch, Diego Velázquez, Henri Matisse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, and Paul Cézanne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1445, Sandro Botticelli ranks 1. After him are Luca Pacioli, Meñli I Giray, Al-Suyuti, Giuliano da Sangallo, Alvise Vivarini, Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg, and Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg. Among people deceased in 1510, Sandro Botticelli ranks 1. After him are Giorgione, Catherine Cornaro, Bianca Maria Sforza, Muhammad Shaybani, Francisco de Almeida, Juan de la Cosa, Mihnea cel Rău, Giovanni Sforza, Frederick of Saxony, Sidonie of Poděbrady, and Catherine of Genoa.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Sandro Botticelli ranks 31 out of 5,161. Before him are Francis of Assisi (1182), Pope Pius XII (1876), Pompey (-106), Caravaggio (1571), Pope Pius IX (1792), and Marcus Aurelius (121). After him are Nero (37), Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), Ovid (-43), Pope Pius XI (1857), Petrarch (1304), and Amerigo Vespucci (1454).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Sandro Botticelli ranks 4. Before him are Michelangelo (1475), Raphael (1483), and Caravaggio (1571). After him are Giotto (1267), Donatello (1386), Titian (1488), Amedeo Modigliani (1884), Masaccio (1401), Tintoretto (1518), Paolo Veronese (1528), and Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526).

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