Sandro
Botticelli
Early Life and Florentine BeginningsSandro Botticelli, born Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi around 1445 in Florence, Italy, emerged during a period of extraordinary cultural ferment—the Early Renaissance. His life was deeply rooted in the city’s artistic and social fabric; he never strayed far from …
A portrait built from Sandro Botticelli's own colours
Every 100 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
