leon #19

19. Do you know that: We know that SANDRO BOTTICELLI muse was Simonetta Vespucci, a real beauty and today we would say an influencer of those years in Florence. We admire her face in the paintings Spring, The Birth of Venus, Pallas Athena with a centaur or in many paintings with Madonna. Simonetta Cattaneo was born in Portovenere to an aristocratic family and married Marco Vespucci at the age of 16. Upon arriving in Florence, she charmed many artists and Julian of the Medici himself, the brother of Lawrence, whom she probably became a mistress. Simonetta died very young at 23 years old, and her image has survived through the centuries thanks to Botticelli. Interestingly, the painter was buri...View all