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Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486).Tempera on canvas. 172.5 cm × 278.9 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in). Uffizi, Florence Detail: the face of Venus. The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere [ˈnaʃʃita di ˈvɛːnere]) is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the mid-1480s.
Venus and Mars: c. 1485: Tempera and oil on panel: 69.2 × 173.4 cm: London, National Gallery: The Birth of Venus: c. 1485: Tempera on canvas: 172.5 × 278.5 cm: Florence, Uffizi: Virgin and Child with Six Angels and the Baptist: c. 1485: Tempera on panel: diameter 170 cm: Rome, Galleria Borghese: The Virgin and Child: c. 1485: Oil on panel: 83 ...
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Protesters targeted Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus' painting in a demonstration at a museum in Florence.
Detail from Botticelli's most famous work, [4] The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486) Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 [1] – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli (/ ˌ b ɒ t ɪ ˈ tʃ ɛ l i / BOT-ih-CHEL-ee; Italian: [ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]) or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.
Depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore. The seashell she stands on was a symbol in classical antiquity for a woman's vulva. Thought to be based in part on the Venus de' Medici, an ancient Greek marble sculpture of Aphrodite.