Example sentences for: botticelli

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  • In Florence, where his family had to fight tooth and nail to hold on to their supremacy, Lorenzo “il Magnifico” de’ Medici (1449–1492) found time to encourage the art of Perugino, Ghirlandaio, Botticelli, the young Leonardo, and tempestuous Michelangelo.

  • The other wall frescoes by Botticelli, Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, and Signorelli are barely given attention.

  • The prize pieces of this stunning collection include Piero della Francesca’s San Nicola da Tolentino, Mantegna’s Madonna and Child, a Botticelli Madonna, and Antonio Pollaiuolo’s lovely Portrait of a Young Woman.

  • One of Italy’s loveliest and most important small museums, its highlights include some outstanding sculptures by Bernini and Canova (whose portrayal of Napoleon’s sister as a reclining Venus is arguably the museum’s most famous attraction), as well as paintings by Raphael, Correggio, Titian, Caravaggio, Botticelli, Rubens, Dürer, and Cranach.

  • Botticelli is buried in a chapel (right transept), his St. Augustine adorning the church, while in the refectory in the adjoining cloister, you’ll find Ghirlandaio’s Last Supper.


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