The evolution of Hell was complex—from Hebrew Sheol’s shadowy stillness to Dante’s fiery abyss, which shaped Western views of ...

A rare early painting by Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli has been placed under a temporary export bar in the hope it can be saved for the nation. A rare early Botticelli painting of the Madonna ...

The Virgin and Child Enthroned (1470s) by Sandro Botticelli was sold at Sotheby’s London last December for £9.7m (with fees) Courtesy of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport The UK ...

The United Kingdom has placed a temporary export bar on a rare masterpiece by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, which has been valued at £10.2 million ($13.5 million).

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. In a photo by Tyler Mitchell, Williams is caught in motion, stepping out of a pleated skirt that is orchestrated to look just like the scallop shell Venus ...

Botticelli realizzò le sue prime opere nella bottega di Filippo Lippi, come una Madonna con Bambino oggi conservata ad Ajaccio (Corsica). In ogni caso, Sandro doveva essere un giovane di talento ...

Which artist decorated its ceiling? Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Sandro Botticelli Pietro Perugino How do cardinals register their vote during the conclave? A well-worn phrase about the election ...

The government has banned a Botticelli painting worth more than £10m from being exported outside the UK. The UK government has now placed a temporary export bar on the work, which has been valued ...

Sandro Botticelli, and Domenico Ghirlandaio. Located in the heart of the Vatican and protected by the Leonine Wall, the Sistine Chapel was built on the site of the ancient Cappella Magna.

Frescoes by respected and other renowned Renaissance artists followed and adorn the chapel: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Sandro Botticelli and Cosimo Rosselli who collaborated with other artists already ...