Botticelli, Sandro

Sandro Botticelli digital cross stitch patterns.  1445-1510.  Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.  He belonged to the Florentine School under the patronage of Lorenzo de Medici.  As well as the small number of mythological subjects which are his best known works today, he painted a wide range of religious subjects and also some portraits. He and his workshop were especially known for their Madonna and Childs, many in the round tondo shape. Botticelli's best-known works are The Birth of Venus and Primavera, both in the Uffizi in Florence