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When painting or sketching, artists will often use a mirror to briefly reverse their view of a work that is difficult to see objectively because it has become too familiar from time spent working on it. I enjoy applying that same idea to works of art that have become so iconic and familiar they are…

Madonna of the Pomegranate, Sandro Botticelli; egg tempera on wood panel, roughly 56 inches (144 cm) in diameter; link is to the file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, which does not appear to have a reproduction of the painting on its website. 15th century Florentine master Alessandro di Mariano…

Venus and Mars, Sandro Botticelli Link is to a high resolution downloadble file on Wikipedia, the original is in the National Gallery, London, which has a zoomable version of the image. Two of Botticelli’s paintings, La Primavera and The Birth of Venus, are among the most iconic and recognized in the history of art. Other…

Idealized Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph), Sandro Botticelli Tempera on wood panel, 32×21 in (82×54 cm) Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt. There is also an article devoted to the painting on Wikipedia. This exquisite…

La Primavera, Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) The link is to a zoomable version on Google Art Project; there is a hi-res downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; the original is in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence (unofficial site). Despite another round of snow here on the East Coast of the U.S., today marks…