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The Calumny of Apelles is a panel painting in tempera by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. Based on the description of a lost ancient painting by Apelles, the work was completed in ...
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Sandro Botticelli
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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous re ...
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Pieter Paul Rubens Gallery

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Unraveling the Allegory: Botticelli's "The Calumny of Apelles"

Sandro Botticelli's captivating tempera painting, "The Calumny of Apelles," is a masterful work that transports us to the heart of Renaissance Florence. Inspired by the lost painting of the ancient Greek artist Apelles, as described by the writer Lucian, this allegorical narrative showcases Bottic ...
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Unraveling the Allegory: Botticelli's "The Calumny of Apelles"

SUMMARY


Sandro Botticelli's captivating tempera painting, "The Calumny of Apelles," is a masterful work that transports us to the heart of Renaissance Florence. Inspired by the lost painting of the ancient Greek artist Apelles, as described by the writer Lucian, this allegorical narrative showcases Bottic ...
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