Surname: Botticelli Forename(s): Sandro d. 17 May 1510. Nationality: Italian. VIAF.
Renaissance painter and draughtsman. Born c. 1445. Also known as “Alessandro di Moriano
Filipepi.” Born c. 1445. Worked in Florence and for a time under the patronage of
the Medici family. Painted altarpieces, portraits, and religious and mythological
subjects. Decorated the Sistine Chapel in Rome (1481). Painted The Birth of Venus. Illustrated a copy of the Divine Comedy by Dante. Biographical information: Oxford Reference. (AC, CC)