Botticelli
Botticelli and the Search for the Divine – One of only two of Botticelli’s paintings of an isolated Venus will be on view for the first time in the U.S., together with other Botticelli mythologies and portraits, in the exhibit running Feb. 11 through April 5, 2017 at the Muscarelle Museum. The exhibit will then travel to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
16 works by Botticelli, along with 6 works by his teacher Filippo Lippi, are the central focus of the exhibit. In addition, several works by Filippo’s son, Filippino Lippi (who was Botticelli’s student); a painting and a bronze statuette of Hercules by Antonio Pollaiuolo; the death mask of Lorenzo the Magnificent; and a portrait of Savonarola by Fra Bartolomeo will be on view.