Sandro Botticelli Italian Painter Sandro Botticelli, real name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, (born 1445, Florence [Italy] – died May 17, 1510, Florence), one of the great painters of the Florentine Renaissance. His hymns, The Birth of Venus and Primavera, are often portrayed by modern Renaissance viewers. TOP QUESTIONS Why is Sandro Botticelli so famous? How […]