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How did Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi become known as Sandro Botticelli?
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Sandro Botticelli
Birth of Venus, tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi became known as Sandro Botticelli through his elder brother, Giovanni. Giovanni was a pawnbroker who earned the nickname Botticello, which translates to "Little Barrel". The name Botticelli was derived from this family nickname.12