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(bŏt′ĭ-chĕlē), Sandro Originally Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi. 1444?-1510.
(bŏt′ĭ-chĕlē), Sandro Originally Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi. 1444?-1510. Italian painter of the Florentine school whose flowing draftsmanship is evident in his masterpieces, Primavera (c. 1477) and Birth of Venus (c. 1485).