5. Lorenzo de' Medici, Francesco Sforza
'il Magnifico' (1448-1492) (1401-1466)
by Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli by Pisanello (Antonio di Puccio
(1430–1514) Pisano) (1395–1455)
17. Note:
If Botticelli was painting Simonetta Vespucci,
as many believe,
he did so after her 1476 death.
Portrait 1: early mid-1480s
Portrait 2: mid-1480s
Birth of Venus: 1485
Botticelli lived from 1445-1510.
At his request, he was buried at the feet of
Simonetta Vespucci.