Sandro Botticelli (alternatively: Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Annunciation, Painting depicts the biblical scene of the Annunciation found in the New Testament book from the Gospel of Luke in which the archangel Gabriel announces the coming birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. The archangel Gabriel bows before the Virgin Mary while carrying lilies, symbolic of her virginity. The Virgin Mary bows her head and holds her hands open., 1489-1490
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.7205; Public Notes: Duplicate found in box 268 SC.MSS.088.DUPL.0029
Madonna and Child Embraced by Young Saint John, Madonna and child embrace a young John the Baptist who holds his staff, in an outdoor scene., circa 1500
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.7277; Public Notes: Duplicate in box 268 SC.MSS.088.DUPL.0015
Madonna and Child with Young Saint John, Madonna and Child with the youthful John the Baptist in an interior space., 1490
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.7318; Public Notes: Duplicate found in box 268 SC.MSS.088.DUPL.0014
Madonna of the Book; Madonna and Child, Painting depicts the Madonna and Child before a book of hours in a domestic scene. The Christ child holds three nails and a crown of thorns., c. 1480-1481
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.7165; Public Notes: Duplicate found in box 268 SC.MSS.088.DUPL.0016
Portrait of a Young Man, Portrait of a young man, likely Gianlorenzo de' Medici, sits in 3/4 profile wearing a red jerkin of the Florentine Quattrocento, the mazzocchio, making direct eye contact with the viewer before a pale sky-like background., 1469
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.7102; Public Notes: Duplicate found in box 268 SC.MSS.088.DUPL.0028
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Painting depicts a seated Madonna embracing the Christ child, accompanied by John the Baptist who holds his staff and wears a cloak of camel hair. The scene takes place in an outdoor landscape and before a small stone table where a book rests., 1470-1475
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.7120; Public Notes: Duplicate found in box 268 SC.MSS.088.DUPL.0013
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