Botticelli’s subjects have character, individuality and immediacy. “The Annunciation” (1485-1492) vividly depicts the archangel Gabriel’s appearance before the Virgin Mary.

Arranging for Botticelli’s “The Story of Virginia” to visit Boston has been a long and complicated process. It’s one of the Renaissance artist's most important paintings.

Picture Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” — but instead of the goddess rising out of a seashell in the ocean, it’s a plastic shell in a Phoenix backyard. Venus is a queer woman who’s tattooed and wearing ...

Botticelli drew them from life, having workshop assistants pose, but they were destined for mythological paintings. (One became a Saint Sebastian in an altarpiece, another the messenger Mercury in ...

Both paintings are richly colorful tableaux that tell the stories of women who meet tragic ends at the hands of men driven by sexual and violent appetites. Though Botticelli is best known for his ...

Infrared images of “Man of Sorrows,” which is due to be sold at Sotheby’s in New York later this month, show that an earlier composition lies underneath the Botticelli painting.

'Fake' Botticelli masterpiece found to be authentic It was believed to be fake because a thick layer of yellow varnish over the canvas had obscured the work's true quality for more than a century.

This Botticelli Painting, Once Owned by the Late Paul Allen, Could Fetch $40 Million at Auction The work, titled 'Madonna of the Magnificat', will be offered by Christie’s this November.

Botticelli’s ‘Madonna and Child With the Infant St. John,’ ca. 1505 Gabinetto Fotografico delle Galleria degli Uffizi By Tobias Grey Sept. 3, 2021 2:01 pm ET Share ...

Botticelli was mostly known for his large, mythological paintings, including The Birth of Venus and Primavera, both of which are housed at the Uffizi gallery in Florence, Italy.

A painting of Christ by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli sold for $45.4 million at auction Thursday, some $5 million more than expected, Sotheby's announced.