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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. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown (called Venus Anadyomene and often depicted in art).
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: 83.2 × 55.5 cm: New Heaven, Yale University Art Gallery: Madonna Adoring the Child with Five ...
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.
Protesters targeted Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus' painting in a demonstration at a museum in Florence.
The painting by the artist most famous for “The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera” is estimated by Italian authorities to be worth at least €100 million ($109 million). It was commissioned ...
In Botticelli's Birth of Venus, the nude figure, although central to the painting, is not of itself the subject. The subject of the painting is a story from Classical mythology. The fact that the Goddess Venus rose naked from the sea provides justification for the nude study that dominates the centre of the work.