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Florentine painter, c1445 - 1510

"...and he also did a circular picture of the Epiphany." I-226



Adoration of the Magi, London
"For a chapel belonging to the monks of Cestello he did a panel picture of the Annunciation." I-226



Cestello Annunciation
"Then for San Piero Maggiore, by the side door, he did a panel for Matteo Palmieri, showing the Assumption of our Lady and the circles of heaven, the patriarchs, prophets and apostles, the evangelists, martyrs, confessors, doctors, virgins and the hierarchy of angels." I-226
This is actually by Botticini
Assumption of the Virgin
"At that time Sandro was commissioned to paint a small panel which was placed in Santa Maria Novella. The subject is the Adoration of the Magi, and the picture is remarkable for the emotion shown by the elderly man as he kisses the foot of Our Lord with wonderful tenderness and conveys his sense of relief at having come to the end of his long journey." I-226
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi (detail - Lorenzo de' Medici)
"His Adoration of the Magi made Botticelli so famous that Pope Sixtus IV decided that he should be put in charge of the work [of painting the Sistine chapel]. So Botticelli himself painted the following scenes for the chapel: Christ tempted by the devil..." I-227

The Temptation of Christ, Sistine Chapel, Vatican
"...Moses slaying the Egyptian and accepting drink from the daughters of Jethro the Midianite;" I-227



The Story of Moses
The daughters of Jethro
"..fire falling from heaven on the sacrifices of the sons of Aaron;" I-227



The Sacrifice of Korah
The Sacrifice of Korah (detail)
"...and several portraits of canonised popes in the niches above." I-227



The Vatican frescoes

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