Biografia de francesco botticini biography

Italian painter (1446-1498)

Francesco Botticini (real name Francesco di Giovanni, 1446 – 16 January 1498^[1]) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He was born in Florence, where he remained active until his death in 1498.

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Although there are only few documented works by Botticini, a considerable corpus has been confidently attributed to him on the basis of style including a number of altarpieces, dozens of small-scale religious panels and a few portraits.^[2][3]

Life

Early work

Botticini was born in Florence in 1446.

His father was Giovanni di Domenico di Piero, a naibaio, or painter of playing cards, from whom he probably received his initial artistic training. By 22 July 1459 was a salaried assistant in the workshop of Neri di Bicci. Botticini left Neri's workshop in 24 July 1460. He eventually came into contact with Andrea del Verrocchio, in whose workshop he would have met Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo di Cr