He was the son of Giovanni di Domenico, a painter of playing cards, and the father of Raffaello Botticini (1477-1520, last recorded date). The documents call him Francesco di Giovanni. He probably is the painter who entered the studio of Neri di Bicci in October 1459. His eclectic painting follows in the tradition of his master, Neri di Bicci, and after the style of several of his contemporaries such as Cosimo Rosselli, Fra Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, and Verrocchio. The group of paintings ascribed to him is diversified enough and in some cases so vernacular as to cause some question as to its homogeneity. His one documented work is a tabernacle at Empoli, commissioned in 1484 and more or less finished by 1491.
Works
- Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels
- Madonna Adoring the Christ Child
- Agony in the Garden
- Assumption of the Virgin
- Madonna and Child
- Incoronation of Mary
- Mary with the Child, the Boy John Adoring the Child, and Two Saints
- Three Archangels with Tobias
- Annunciation
- Madonna and Child Enthroned
- The Resurrection
- John the Baptist
- Madonna and Child with St. Mary Magdalene, St. Bernard, Angels, Cherubim and Seraphim
- Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
- The Crucifixion
- Mary and John Adoring the Child
- Saints Anna and Joachim
- Saint Jerome in Penitence with Saints and Donor
- Way to Calvary
- Madonna and Child with Tobias and the Angel Raphael
- Madonna and Child
- Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist
- Christ on the Cross and Four Saints
- Madonna and Child with Tobias and the Angel Raphael
- Saint Monica Enthroned
- Madonna Adoring the Christ Child with St. John the Baptist and Two Angels
- Madonna and Child with a Breviary
- San Gerolamo Altarpiece
- Saint Sebastian
- The three archangels with the little Tobias
- Madonna with child St. John and Angel
- Noli Me Tangere
- Saint Cecilia between Saint Valerian and Saint Tiburtius with a Donor
