Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter known for his mythological and religious paintings. He was born in 1445 in Florence, Italy, and studied under Fra Filippo Lippi. He is best known for his paintings such as The Birth of Venus, Primavera, and The Adoration of the Magi. Botticelli's work is characterized by his use of linear perspective and his delicate and ethereal figures. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Florentine Renaissance
