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Sandro Botticelli's original name was Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi.

He was born in 1445 in florence Italy and died May 17th, 1510 in Florence Italy

He was one of the greatest painters of this time

He painted “The birth of Venus” and “La Primavera” and they are still one of the most popular paintings now

the nickname Botticelli means "little barrels"

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He had three sibling named Antonio di Vanni Filipepi, Simone di Mariano Filipepi and Giovanni di Vanni Filipepi

His parents names were Mariano di Vanni dei Filipepi and Smeralda Filipepi

He trained with the goldsmith Maso Finiguerra

But he rather painting so he started working with Fra Filipopo Lippi a very skilled painter at the time

he was never married and just lived with his family

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Bottiecelli was known for being a draughtsman and one of the greatest Florence painters

He helped transfer the painting technique

All of his paintings were about churches

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The meaning of this painting is the birth of love and spiritual beauty as an aspect of life. It took two years to paint. He began in 1484 using diluted egg yolk and oil-based tempura paints and then finished in 1486. When Botticelli painted this he was the first one to use canvas versus wood. He also used alabaster powder to make the colors brighter and timeless. Right now currently it's worth $92.2m (£67.1m). Currently it hangs in The Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy.

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It was painted in 1485. When Botticelli painted this he used panel painting. The meaning of the painting is Venus the wife of the lame blacksmith god, fell in love with Mars.