Simonetta Vespucci |
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) Simonetta as Cleopatra by Piero di Cosimo, c. 1480 |
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| Born | c.1453 Genoa or Portovenere, Italy |
| Died | 26 April 1476 Florence, Italy |
| Occupation | Model |
| Parents | Gaspare Cattaneo Della Voltaand Cattocchia Spinola de Candia |
Simonetta was the Genoese wife of the Italian nobleman Marco Vespucci of Florence. Renowned as the greatest beauty of her age, she was the subject of countless portraits, including many by the Italian master Sandro Botticelli. Some claim that the goddess depicted in Botticelli’s masterpiece, Birth of Venus, was modeled after Simonetta, even though she died at the age of 22—several years before it was completed. What fact about Botticelli’s burial place lends credence to the theory? More… Discuss
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my wife tried to make a tribute to Botticelli during one of her series …
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Botticelli’s tribute to her rather. Thanks for sharing these inspired photos.
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