Botticelli

American  

[bot-i-chel-ee, bawt-tee-chel-lee] / ˌbɒt ɪˈtʃɛl i, ˌbɔt tiˈtʃɛl li /

noun

1. Sandro Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi, 1444?–1510, Italian painter.

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Botticelli British  

/ bottiˈtʃɛlli /

noun

1. Sandro (ˈsandro), original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi . 1444–1510, Italian (Florentine) painter, illustrator, and engraver, noted for the graceful outlines and delicate details of his mythological and religious paintings

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Other Word Forms

• Botticellian
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Botticelli

Almost every pre-1917 Russian artist and intellectual, regardless of means, took a Grand Tour to the land of Sandro Botticelli and Dante Alighieri.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

A contemporary of Italian masters Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli, Behzad brought a new style to Herat before settling in Tabriz, in modern-day Iran.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

Lauren Botticelli, executive director of the Animal Pad, puts that number closer to 80 percent for her San Diego–based rescue.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2025

They glued themselves to an art-history survey course’s worth of priceless works, from Picasso to Raphael to Botticelli.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024

I was spitting tacks, trying my hardest to concentrate but thinking, Doesn’t he see the Botticelli hanging on the wall behind me?

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris