Sandro Botticelli
During his lifetime, Sandro Botticelli was one of the most famous artists in Italy. He is known for painting scenes from mythology, as well as the Bible. Some of his most esteemed works were “The Birth of Venus”, “Primavera”, and “Mars and Venus”. He painted his self-portrait, so we have a good idea of what he looked like. Botticelli said that he dreaded the idea of marriage. Many historians speculate that he was secretly homosexual, and some speculate homo-erotic undertones in some of his paintings.
