The Wall Street Journal Front Page Friday September 25, 2020 with Art of Sandro Botticelli

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Wall Street Journal Front Page Friday September 25, 2020

The Wall Street Journal Front Page Friday September 25, 2020. Designed by RegiaArt.

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“It was in Early Renaissance Italy that portraits of notable individuals first came to be considered high art. It was decades before Leonardo da Vinci painted Mona Lisa.” Art daily.

One of the greatest Renaissance paintings remaining in private hands.

And will be offer during Sotheby’s Masters Week Auctions in January 2021 in New York.

Estimated to sell for in excess of $80 million. Courtesy Sotheby’s.

One of the greatest Renaissance paintings remaining in private hands. Estimated to sell for in excess of $80 million during Sotheby’s Masters Week Auctions in January 2021 in New York. Courtesy Sotheby’s.

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 — May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli’s posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work. Since then, his paintings have been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting. Wikipedia.

detail: Self-portrait, Botticelli

The Botticelli’s most famous work, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486)

The Birth of Venus, c. 1485. Uffizi, Florence

Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars, c. 1485

Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars, c. 1485, tempera on panel, 27.17″ × 68.11″. National Gallery, UK, Public Domain.

Art quote by Wassily Kandinsky.

“Generally speaking, color directly influences…