The political and religious crisis of the 1490s clearly left its mark on Botticelli's late work. He created fewer monumental works and devoted himself principally to producing devotional pictures and small altars. His themes was now almost exclusively religious ones. In his style there was a decisive change to a hitherto unknown degree of soberness and strictness. In his compositions, he increasingly dispensed with lively decorations, concentrating instead on expressive structuring of the figures. It would be oversimplifying to ascribe this evident change in Botticelli's later works exclusively to the influence of Savonarola, as Vasari does. If he is to be believed, Botticelli was a keen follower of Savonarola, and neglected his work to such an extent that he became impoverished. But quite the opposite must have been the case, he was reasonably well off, and he continued to work until after 1500, as is proven by existing works and documents.

However, the artist did not remain unaffected by the events of his time. The change in Botticelli's style appears to be an indicator of the spirit of the time shortly before the end of the century, shaped as it was by political unrest and a belief that the last days were at hand.

Preview	Picture Data	Info
	Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints c. 1490 Tempera on panel, 140 x 207 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
	Lamentation over the Dead Christ c. 1495 Tempera on panel, 107 x 71 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
	Lamentation over the Dead Christ (detail) c. 1495 Tempera on panel Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
	Holy Trinity (Pala della Convertite) 1491-93 Tempera on panel, 215 x192 cm Courtauld Gallery, London
	Holy Trinity (detail) 1491-93 Tempera on panel Courtauld Gallery, London
	St Dominic 1490s Tempera and oil on canvas transferred from panel, 45 x 26 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
	St Augustine in His Cell 1490-94 Tempera on panel, 41 x 27 cm cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
	The Last Communion of St Jerome c. 1495 Tempera on panel, 34,5 x 25,4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
	The Last Communion of St Jerome (detail) c. 1495 Tempera on panel Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
	Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist 1490-95 Tempera on canvas, 134 x 92 cm Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence
	Head of an Angel 1495-1500 Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, laid down on panel, 42 x 32 cm Private collection
	The Virgin and Child with Three Angels (Madonna del Padiglione) c. 1493 Tempera on panel, diameter 65 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan
	Christ Crowned with Thorns c. 1500 Tempera on panel, 47,6 x 32,3 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
	Crucifixion c. 1497 Tempera on canvas, 73,5 x 50,8 cm Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
	The Transfiguration, St Jerome and St Augustine c. 1500 Tempera on panel, 28 x 36 cm Galleria Pallavicini, Rome
	Judith Leaving the Tent of Holofernes 1495-1500 Tempera on panel, 36,5 x 20 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
	Agony in the Garden c. 1500 Tempera on panel, 53 x 35 cm Museo de la Capilla Real, Granada
	The Mystical Nativity c. 1500 Tempera on canvas, 109 x 75 cm National Gallery, London
	The Mystical Nativity (detail) c. 1500 Tempera on canvas National Gallery, London
	The Mystical Nativity (detail) c. 1500 Tempera on canvas National Gallery, London
	The Mystical Nativity (detail) c. 1500 Tempera on canvas National Gallery, London
	Adoration of the Magi c. 1500 Tempera on panel, 108 x 173 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence