Visions of Paradise: Botticini's Palmieri Altarpiece

by Jennifer Sliwka

Visions of Paradise showcases new scholarly research on the monumental Palmieri Altarpiece by Francesco Botticini (1446-1498). The painting, which depicts the Assumption of the Virgin, was made for the funerary chapel of the Florentine citizen Matteo Palmieri (1406-1475). Palmieri was a true "Renaissance Man"--an associate of the Medici and a humanist, whose career encompassed a variety of roles, as diplomat, poet, writer, and apothecary.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857095944
• ISBN13: 9781857095944
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: National Gallery London
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.6"