| THEBIRTHOFVENUS | Mythological masterpiece by Botticelli |
| BIRTHOFVENUS | Painting by Botticelli (5,2,5) |
| VATICANLIBRARY | It holds "The Divine Comedy" illustrated by Botticelli |
| VENUS | "The Birth of ___" -- Famous painting by Botticelli (5) |
| LITRE | It's a measure of the capacity covered up by Botticelli treatment (5) |
| PRIMAVERA | From the Italian meaning "spring", a painting by Botticelli; or, a dish of pasta with seasonal vegetables such as peas, broad beans and asparagus (9) |
| LASTSUPPER | The ___ ___ (Late1490s masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci) |
| MONALISA | Masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci (4,4) |
| THEKISS | Masterpiece by Klimt or Rodin |
| NORMA | Part of a minor masterpiece by Bellini (5) |
| METMANET | NYC museum's masterpiece by one who straddled Impressionism and Realism? |
| BATHERS | ___ At Asnieres, masterpiece by French pointillist artist Georges Seurat (7) |
| ELENA | Ferrante whose Neapolitan Quartet was called an "unconditional masterpiece" by Jhumpa Lahiri |
| SCHAMA | Presenter of Civilisations, A History of Britain and Power of Art, the latter exploring masterpieces by the likes of Bernini, Caravaggio, David, Picasso, Rembrandt, Turner and others (6) |
| LIMA | Some Botticelli masterpiece of S. American capital (4) |
| ITALIANART | Works by Caravaggio, Botticelli, etc. |
| FLORENCE | Tuscan capital ruled by the Medicis in the 15th century where Renaissance masters Botticelli and Donatello were born and Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael lived/worked (8) |
| SCALLOP | - shell; an item depicted by Sandro Botticelli in his painting The Birth of Venus (7) |
| SISTINE | - Chapel; part of the Apostolic Palace with a ceiling decorated by artists including Botticelli and Michelangelo (7) |
| LUCRETIA | Roman noblewoman featured in paintings by Titian, Rembrandt. Raphael, Botticelli, Gentileschi and many others (8) |
