Artist. He was a contemporary of famed artist Michelangelo Buonarroti and Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. He is considered one of the best painters of the Italian period of art and culture known as the "Quattrocento." The period from 1400 to 1499 is referred to as the Quattrocento from the Italian word for the number 400. He was a pupil of painter Filippo Lippi and worked for the House of Medici political dynasty. His works include the paintings "Adorazione del Magi" ("Adoration of the Magi"), "Nascita di Venere" ("The Birth of Venus"), and "Allegoria de la Primavera" ("Allegory of Spring"). He also worked on the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
Artist. He was a contemporary of famed artist Michelangelo Buonarroti and Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. He is considered one of the best painters of the Italian period of art and culture known as the "Quattrocento." The period from 1400 to 1499 is referred to as the Quattrocento from the Italian word for the number 400. He was a pupil of painter Filippo Lippi and worked for the House of Medici political dynasty. His works include the paintings "Adorazione del Magi" ("Adoration of the Magi"), "Nascita di Venere" ("The Birth of Venus"), and "Allegoria de la Primavera" ("Allegory of Spring"). He also worked on the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
