The Madonna of the Magnificat SANDRO BOTTICELLI 1485

The artist's original name was ALESSANDRO DI MARIANO FILIPEPI: Botticelli was born in 1445, at Florence Italy and died May 17, 1510 in the same city. The period of art he belongs to is early Renaissance. His ecclesiastical commissions included work for all the major churches of Florence and for the Sistine Chapel in Rome. His name is derived from his elder brother Giovanni, a pawnbroker, who was called Il Botticello ("The Little Barrel").

Although he was one of the most individual painters of the Italian Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli remained little known for centuries after his death. Then his work was rediscovered late in the 19th century by a group of artists in England known as the Pre-Raphaelites. Before taking up art he had been apprenticed to a goldsmith; later he was a pupil of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi. He spent all his life in Florence except for a visit to Rome in 1481-82.

In Florence, Botticelli was a protege of several members of the powerful Medici family. He painted portraits of the family and many religious pictures, including the famous The Adoration of the Magi.

The Madonna of the Magnificat is tempera on panel, which makes its home in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence.




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