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Sandro Botticelli
(10th Mar, 1445 - 27th May, 1510)
Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder
1474
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Gérard Blot
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Keywords:
portrait of a man
Italian Renaissance
bonnet (chapeau)
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About the artwork
Title:
Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder
Periods:
15th century
renaissance
16th century
Techniques:
oil on wood
Dimensions:
570 x 390
Inventory number:
RF323
Location:
musée du Louvre
See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:
Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder
, also known as
Portrait of a Youth with a Medal
, is a tempera painting by Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. The painting features a young man displaying in triangled hands a medal stamped with the likeness of Cosimo de' Medici. The identity of the young man has been a long-enduring mystery. Completed in approximately 1475, it is on display in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence.
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About the author(s)
Author:
Sandro Botticelli
Also known as:
Alessandro di Mariana di Vanni Filipepi
Sandro Filipepi Botticelli
Alessandro Filipepi
A. Boticello
Alexander Botticelli
Alessandro Botticelli
Sandro Bottichelli
Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi
Alessandro Di Filipepi
Sandro Boticelli
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi
Born:
10th Mar, 1445
Dead:
27th May, 1510
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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi
, known as
Sandro Botticelli
(Italian:
[ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]
; c. 1445 – May 17, 1510), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He belonged to the Florentine School under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, a movement that Giorgio Vasari would characterize less than a hundred years later in his
Vita
of Botticelli as a "golden age". Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then, his work has been seen to…
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