The Birth of Venus is one of ____'s best-known paintings (10)

I believe the answer is:

botticelli

(Other definitions for botticelli that I've seen before include "Florentine C fifteen-sixteen artist (Primavera)" , "who painted?" , "Italian painter of The Birth of Venus, d. 1510" , "Italian painter, 1445-1510" , "Famous Italian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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