Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” (1444 or 1445–1510) In the 1960s, my childhood bedroom was covered with images of Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” torn from an art book in my parents’ ...

Sandro Botticelli, "The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist" ("Madonna of the Rose Garden") (c. 1468), tempera and gold on poplar panel, 35 3/4 x 26 3/8 inches; Musée du Louvre (© ...

“Botticelli and the Search for the Divine,” a stirring exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, traces the evolution of the early Renaissance master’s career. Its path is tender and rapturous, then dark ...

The rare masterpiece that Sotheby’s will auction next week is shrouded in mystery and offers an opportunity to reassess the master’s lost oeuvre. Sandro Botticelli, Young Man Holding a Roundel, ca.

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Viewers gravitate to his astonishingly tender paintings, but at the Legion of Honor, his preparatory drawings offer a view of a gifted master of line. By Karen Rosenberg Reporting from San Francisco ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. Since publication, “Man of Sorrows” sold on January 27 for $45.4 million after fees at ...

Spanning a vast emotional, technical and narrative range, this selection of sheets from Botticelli’s most ambitious and enigmatic work, the illustrations for Dante’s Divine Comedy represent an ...

Spring is a time for surprises. So it is the appropriate season for celebrating the Annunciation—and for pausing before Sandro Botticelli’s depiction of it. None of our expectations prepare us for ...

With the dimensions of a 16.5"×12"-tank, and armored in a special tissue-lined black box, this blockbuster picture book is ready to roll into the holiday season. Starting with possibly the ...