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Botticelli dies in Florence on 17 May 1510 as the received end date

Death 1510 is an outcome path of high confidence on the year in the standard file. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.

Botticelli dies in Florence on 17 May 1510 as the received end date

Sources: [1][2]

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Context

Death ends agency. Late financial distress claims stay medium-confidence allegation where not documented as ledgers here.

Sandro Botticelli’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Treccani/Britannica: death 1510 in Florence. Vasari’s poverty narrative is partly coloured; workshop continuity to the end is also argued by modern scholars.

Why it matters

Death 1510 is an outcome path of high confidence on the year in the standard file.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactBotticelli dies in Florence on 17 May 1510 as the received end date
    2. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 17 May 1510 · verified

    Death 1510 is an outcome path of high confidence on the year in the standard file.

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.3 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Sandro BotticelliEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Treccani — Alessandro Filipepi detto BotticelliIstituto della Enciclopedia Italiana · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Treccani and Britannica independently record Botticelli’s death in May 1510.

Sandro Botticelli did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. No museum founding as his act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorSandro Botticelli
  2. contributed toFactBotticelli dies in Florence on 17 May 1510 as the received end date
  3. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Botticelli dies in Florence on 17 May 1510 as the received end date. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/sb-death-1510

https://factrail.ai/facts/sb-death-1510

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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