FRANKFURT.- The Städel Museum will show the first
monographic exhibition on Sandro Botticelli (1444/45–1510) in the
German-speaking world from 13 November 2009 to 28 February 2010. Taking the
artist’s monumental Idealized Portrait of a Lady, one of the Städel Museum
collection’s highlights, as its starting point, the exhibition presents
numerous works from all productive periods of this great master of the
Renaissance in Italy about 500 years after his day of death (17 May 1510). The
exhibition opens with portraits and allegorical paintings that illustrate the
degree of sophistication with which Botticelli drew on this highly developed
genre and enriched it with new impulses. While the second chapter centers on his
famous mythological representations of goddesses and heroines of virtue, the
third part is dedicated to his abundant religious oeuvre. With a total of more
than forty works by Botticelli and his workshop, the show presents a
comprehensive selection of his work surviving worldwide.