Gianeselli was creating an inventory of Italian works in France’s public buildings and questioned if the painting was actually from Sandro Botticelli’s studio. The painting, a copy of ...
It turns out that the painting isn’t a copy. It actually comes straight from Botticelli’s studio. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary and a young St. John the Baptist holding the infant ...
But since it’s Christmas, now is a better time than ever to call attention to a lesser-known and somewhat ominous Botticelli painting depicting the latter. “Mystic Nativity” (1500), now held ...
A painting dismissed as a copy has been confirmed as a Botticelli masterpiece. The 400-year-old painting made its way from the studio of the Florentine master to the collection of philanthropist ...