Sandro Botticelli

The exhibited works include some of Botticelli’s most famous paintings, those for which the artist is known and revered throughout the world. Mostly produced for the Medici, the dominant family of Florence, masterpieces such as Primavera, The Birth of Venus and Pallas and the Centaur, the originals of which are housed in the Uffizi, are jewels that convey the true spirit of the Renaissance.

His exceptional ability to observe the world around him and recreate it in all its beauty, to capture emotions and feelings and enclose them in an eternal space, his search for the ideal form of beauty, his scientific rigour, point to him as a sensitive and conscientious protagonist of his time.