FEDERICO POLETTI
the incomparable charm of his pictures made Botticelli one of the outstanding painters of the Italian Renaissance. Having an extraordinary beauty and a radiant luminosity, paintings such as Primavera and The Birth of Venus, which reflect the inmense cultural richness of the city of Florence under the rule of the Medici, have become emblematic of an artistic revival that embraced the whole of Europe. The grace and elegance of his line has lost nothing of its fascination even today.