Where can you see Sandro Botticelli in Rome?

At the Vatican Museums: The Temptations of Christ, The Punishment of Korah and The Trials of Moses. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

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

The Temptations of Christ, of 1481 to 1482, at the Vatican Museums. On the right wall of the Sistine Chapel as you face the altar. The three temptations are small scenes at the top. The foreground is a ceremony before a building that is the hospital Sixtus IV had just built in Rome.

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?

Painted the Birth of Venus and the Primavera. Worked in the Sistine Chapel in 1481 and 1482. Forgotten for three centuries and rediscovered in the nineteenth. Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.

Painter, 1445 to 1510

Sandro Botticelli

Everyone in the Sistine Chapel looks up. On the side walls, at eye level, are three large frescoes by Botticelli that most people never notice.

The Temptations of Christ by Botticelli: a crowd at an altar before a Renaissance building, with small scenes of Christ and the devil above. — Sandro Botticelli, Public domain

The Punishment of Korah by Botticelli: Moses raises his rod before a Roman triumphal arch as the rebels fall. — Sandro Botticelli, Public domain

A young man in a yellow cloak looking out at the viewer, thought to be Botticelli's portrait of himself. — Sandro Botticelli, Public domain

Born: 1445, Florence, Italy
Died: 1510, Florence, Italy
Movement: Early Renaissance
In Rome: 3 works in 1 museum

Where to see Sandro Botticelli in Rome

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

Vatican Museums3 works

The Temptations of Christ
1481 to 1482
On the right wall of the Sistine Chapel as you face the altar. The three temptations are small scenes at the top. The foreground is a ceremony before a building that is the hospital Sixtus IV had just built in Rome.
The Punishment of Korah
1481 to 1482
On the left wall: the rebels against Moses are swallowed by the earth, before the Arch of Constantine. It is a warning to anyone who challenges the pope.
The Trials of Moses
1481 to 1482
Seven episodes from the youth of Moses in one picture, with the daughters of Jethro at the well in the middle.

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

Painted the Birth of Venus and the Primavera
Worked in the Sistine Chapel in 1481 and 1482
Forgotten for three centuries and rediscovered in the nineteenth

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

Sandro Botticelli: common questions

Where can you see Sandro Botticelli in Rome?: At the Vatican Museums: The Temptations of Christ, The Punishment of Korah and The Trials of Moses. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Sandro Botticelli's most famous work in Rome?: The Temptations of Christ, of 1481 to 1482, at the Vatican Museums. On the right wall of the Sistine Chapel as you face the altar. The three temptations are small scenes at the top. The foreground is a ceremony before a building that is the hospital Sixtus IV had just built in Rome.
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?: Painted the Birth of Venus and the Primavera. Worked in the Sistine Chapel in 1481 and 1482. Forgotten for three centuries and rediscovered in the nineteenth. Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.