Sandro Botticelli is the nickname of Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi who was an Italian painter, draftsman and engraver from the Renaissance.
He was the Mariano Filipepi‘s fourth and smallest son and his father was a tanner. Mariano Filipepi’s desire was to make his young son Sandro (diminutive of Alessandro) to learn the same trade and continue the familiar business. Botticelli showed to...
