The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes

Sandro Botticelli, 1470, Uffizi Gallery

‘The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes’ is a work by Sandro Botticelli (Italy, 1445–1510). It is dated 1470. It is part of the collection Uffizi Gallery. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It is made of tempera and panel. It measures 31 × 24 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include Holofernes, man, corpse, and nudity.

The catalogue has 178 more works by Sandro Botticelli.

• The Renaissance