Raffaello Botticini (1474–after 1520) was an

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painter active in

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and its environs. Raffaello was trained by his father, the more famous

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, whose workshop he inherited. ''The Tabernacle of the Sacrament'' for the collegiate church of Sant'Andrea in

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, commissioned from Francesco in 1484 and delivered in 1491, was completed by Raffaello in 1504. This work is now in the church's adjoining museum. Raffaello painted other pictures for various churches in Empoli, including two panels of ''

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'' and ''

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'' dated 1500 (now also at the collegiate museum) and an altarpiece of the ''Pietà'' (1508) for the chapel of the Compagnia della Veste Nera, destroyed in 1944. These panels show the strong influence of Raffaello's father as well as of

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and his pupils,

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and

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. Other works by Raffaello Botticini include about a dozen paintings of the Virgin and Child. Some of his later altarpieces include the ''Nativity with Saints Martin and Barbara'' (1512) for the church of Santi Martino e Barbara in Castelfranco di Sotto (now Saint Petersburg,

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the largest ...

); the ''Annunciation with Saints Andrew and Francis'' (1513) for San Salvatore,

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(now in that town's Museo Civico); and the undated ''Madonna and Child with Saints Peter, Matthew, Justus and John the Baptist'' for the church of Santi Martino e Giusto in Lucardo, in the municipality of

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(''in situ''). Raffaello died sometime after 1520.

References

* Zeri, Federico. “Raffaello Botticini,” ''Gazzette des Beaux-Arts'', LXXII (1968): pp. 159–170. * Proto Pisani, Rosanna Caterina, ed. ''Museo della Collegiata di Sant'Andrea di Empoli'' (from the series "Piccoli Grandi Musei"). Florence: Polistampa, 2006. * Proto Pisani, Rosanna Caterina and Nesi, Alessandro, eds. ''Museo d'Arte Sacra di Montepsertoli'' (from the series "Small Great Museums"). Florence, Polistampa, 1995.

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