The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli · 1485
The story
The Birth of Venus is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the mid-1480s. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully grown. The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
- Artist
- Sandro Botticelli
- Date
- 1485
- Collection
- Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
- Movement
- Early Renaissance
- Medium
- tempera, canvas
- Size
- 172.5 × 278.5 cm
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