Drawings of the Comedy   by Sandro Botticelli

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BOTTICELLI, Sandro (1445-1510).

Born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi in Florence in 1445, Botticelli was 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. There he painted wall frescoes in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican.

In Florence, Botticelli was a protégé 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 most original of his paintings are those illustrating Greek and Roman legends. The best known are the two large panels `Primavera ' and `The Birth of Venus '.