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Sandro Botticelli: portraiture as a lost paradise
Antonio Carnevale
Botticelli’s portraits bring us to the golden age of his life, preluding his dramatic fall into debts and oblivion.
In 1667 the poet John Milton wrote long verses describing the Biblical expulsion from Eden and the consequent fall into despair. Moved by exoticism, many artists pursued the dark dream of finding this impossible heaven far from their home. Not Botticelli, who left his lost paradise in his city of Florence at the age of 47, fabricating an Eden of heavenly portrayed characters.
The rise and fall; the golden years and the decline; good and bad luck; loss of work and spiritual crisis: the year 1492 is Botticelli’s pivotal moment. Before was the triumph of his new style; after was the painful downturn that would leave him forgotten by his contemporaries.
In 1492 Botticelli must have felt fears rising at the announcement of Lorenzo the Magnificent’s death. Those days, popular imagination thought that the end of the world would come with the end of Lorenzo. In his Florentine Diary, the chronicler Luca Landucci reported images worthy of a painting by Hieronymus Bosch. He said that just before Lorenzo’s death a comet had appeared in the sky and wolves had been heard howling;
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Sandro Botticelli
At the height of his fame, the Florentine painter and draughtsman Sandro Botticelli was one of the most esteemed artists in Italy. His graceful pictures of the Madonna and Child, his altarpieces and his life-size mythological paintings, such as 'Venus and Mars', were immensely popular in his lifetime.
The son of a tanner, he was born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, but he was given the nickname 'Botticelli' (derived from the word 'botticello' meaning 'small wine cask'). Smart beyond his years, the young Botticelli became easily bored at school. He was known for his sharp wit and his love of practical jokes, and he quickly earned a reputation as a restless, hyperactive and impatient child. Fortunately, his precocious talent was recognised and he was withdrawn from school and sent to work as an apprentice.
It is thought that Botticelli first trained with Maso Finiguerra, a goldsmith, before entering the studio of the artist Fra Filippo Lippi. He began his career painting frescoes for Florentine churches and cathedrals, and worked with the painter and engraver Antonio del Pollaiuolo. By 1470, he had his own workshop.
To Rome and Back
In 1472, Botticelli joined the Compagnia di San Luca, the confraternity of Florentine painters. He also employed Filippino Li