Where can you see Sandro Botticelli in London?

At the National Gallery: Venus and Mars and Mystic Nativity. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Sandro Botticelli's most famous work in London?

Venus and Mars, of about 1485, at the National Gallery. Venus sits awake and composed. Mars lies opposite her fast asleep, and four small satyrs have taken his lance and helmet and blow a shell in his ear. Love has disarmed war.

When and where was Sandro Botticelli born?

About 1445, at Florence, Italy. Sandro Botticelli died on 17 May 1510, at Florence, Italy, aged about 65.

What is Sandro Botticelli known for?

Venus and Mars was probably made for a bedroom, as part of the furniture. The Mystic Nativity, of 1500, is his only signed and dated work. Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.

Painter, 1445 to 1510

Sandro Botticelli

Botticelli's great mythologies are in Florence. The one that left Italy is in London, with the strangest picture of his last years.

Born: 1445, Florence, Italy
Died: 1510, Florence, Italy
Movement: Early Renaissance
In London: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Sandro Botticelli in London

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

The National Gallery2 works

Venus and Mars
about 1485
Venus sits awake and composed. Mars lies opposite her fast asleep, and four small satyrs have taken his lance and helmet and blow a shell in his ear. Love has disarmed war.
Mystic Nativity
1500
The birth of Christ under a ring of dancing angels, with men and angels embracing below and small devils creeping away. A Greek inscription along the top speaks of the troubles of Italy and the end of the world.

The life of Sandro Botticelli

Alessandro Filipepi, called Botticelli, was born in Florence around 1445 and spent almost all his life there, painting for the Medici and their circle. The Primavera and the Birth of Venus are in the Uffizi.

In 1481 Pope Sixtus IV summoned the best painters of Florence and Umbria to decorate his new chapel. Botticelli painted three of the scenes and several of the popes above them, and was home within a year.

What to know

Venus and Mars was probably made for a bedroom, as part of the furniture
The Mystic Nativity, of 1500, is his only signed and dated work

Born: About 1445, Florence, Italy
Died: 17 May 1510, Florence, Italy

Sandro Botticelli: common questions

Where can you see Sandro Botticelli in London?: At the National Gallery: Venus and Mars and Mystic Nativity. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Sandro Botticelli's most famous work in London?: Venus and Mars, of about 1485, at the National Gallery. Venus sits awake and composed. Mars lies opposite her fast asleep, and four small satyrs have taken his lance and helmet and blow a shell in his ear. Love has disarmed war.
When and where was Sandro Botticelli born?: About 1445, at Florence, Italy. Sandro Botticelli died on 17 May 1510, at Florence, Italy, aged about 65.
What is Sandro Botticelli known for?: Venus and Mars was probably made for a bedroom, as part of the furniture. The Mystic Nativity, of 1500, is his only signed and dated work. Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.