The painting depicts an image of the Virgin Mary sitting on a throne with the child of Christ. It is believed to have been painted in the 1470s, early in Botticelli’s career. The Department for ...

This experience emerges in Botticelli’s paintings in the form of meticulous, intricate flourishes. During Botticelli’s youth, Florence was the center of innovation in Italian art. The ...

“He lived in a haphazard fashion,” wrote Italian Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari in his biography of 15th-century Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli. “As was his wont.” ...

But since it’s Christmas, now is a better time than ever to call attention to a lesser-known and somewhat ominous Botticelli painting depicting the latter. “Mystic Nativity” (1500), now held ...

Sandro Botticelli's The Mystical Nativity (circa 1500-1501) is a beautiful depiction of the birth of Christ. Unlike traditional nativity scenes, this painting integrates apocalyptic and eschatological ...

Our first glimpse of it might be a nativity play with ... It’s worlds away from Botticelli and it shows a supreme artist conquering worlds. But the art of the High Renaissance has a ...

Pope Francis holds an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene, at the Vatican (photo credit: REMO CASSILI/REUTERS) A nativity scene featuring baby Jesus ...

Robin Child, who headed a large art school at Marlborough College, will discuss the hidden aspects of nativity paintings, including Botticelli's Mystic Nativity. Mr Child, who now runs a research ...

Tests have confirmed that a painting found in a church is actually a long-lost Botticelli-era masterpiece. First hung in the Saint Félix Church, in the Champigny-en-Beauce village of France’s ...

Now, a new analysis has challenged that narrative. It turns out that the painting isn’t a copy. It actually comes straight from Botticelli’s studio. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary and a ...

1445-1510). From October 19, 2024, to January 19, 2025, the public can compare the two paintings in person at the “Botticelli: Two Madonnas at Chambord” exhibition. The newly-authenticated ...

Activists taped images of flooding to a well-known painting by the Italian artist. They face stiff new penalties introduced in Italy against such protests. Botticelli's painting "The Birth of ...