Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi: The Enchanting Botticelli Sandro Botticelli, born Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi around 1445 in Florence, Italy, was a painter whose work profoundly shaped the trajectory of the Italian Renaissance. His life, though tragically short, spanning from approximately 1445 to 1510, witnessed a remarkable evolution in artistic style and a rediscovery of his legacy centuries later. Initially apprenticed to various masters – first Maso Finiguerra, then Fra Filippo Lippi – Botticelli’s early career was marked by the creation of frescoes for Florentine churches a…