The Early Renaissance


   

 


Botticelli
 

 
   
Renaissance Art Map
 
   
   
Exploration:
Candro Botticelly  "Visual Poetry"
 
 
    Early life and career    
    Devotional paintings     
    Secular patronage and works    
    Mythological paintings    
    How the Nymph became a Goddess    
    Botticelli: lyrical precision    
    Late works    
    Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy and Dravings    
         
    APPENDIX: Venus - The Evening Star
 
   

  


Sandro Botticelli

1445-1510
Italy

 
 
 

The Story of Virginia

1496-1504
Tempera on panel, 85 x 165 cm
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
 
 

The Story of Virginia
(detail)
1496-1504
Tempera on panel
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
 
 

The Story of Lucretia

1496-1504
Tempera on panel, 83,5 x 180 cm
Isbella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
 
 

The Story of Lucretia
(detail)
1496-1504
Tempera on panel
Isbella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
 
 
 

The History of Lucretia
(detail)
c. 1504
Tempera and oil on panel
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
 
 

The Story of Lucretia (detail)

c. 1504
Tempera and oil on panel
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston