22 October 2018

Sandro Botticelli. The Birth of Venus (‘Nascita di Venere’), ca. 1485 (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).



Tempera on canvas: 172.5 x 278.5 cm(!). The title was given to the painting in the 19th century. It is now believed that it doesn't represent the birth of Venus but her land on the island of Cyprus.

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