Interesting facts about Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli, original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli’s name is derived from that of his elder brother Giovanni, a pawnbroker who was called Botticello (“Little Barrel”). As is often the case with Renaissance artists, most of the modern information about Botticelli’s life and character derives from … Read more