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

During this time, it’s normal for fosters or adopters to “want to give up,” especially if they’ve “romanticized” rescue after seeing a video on social media, Botticelli says.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2025

But this is not that kind of show — and Botticelli, as we come to see, is not that kind of artist, even if the auction houses would like us to think so.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

Not long after this conversation between Botticelli and Roscuro, a prisoner did arrive.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo