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Title Italian: Nascita di Venere
The Birth of Venus  wikidata:Q151047
Description
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.
Date from 1483 until 1485[1]
Medium tempera on panel
Dimensions Length: 278.5 cm (109.6 in). Height: 172.5 cm (67.9 in).
room Botticelli
Object history commissioned by Lorenzo and Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de'Medici for Villa di Castello (?)
References
English: Text about "Birth of Venus" from E.H. Gombrich, "The Story of Art"
  1. ↑ Deimling, Barbara. Sandro Botticelli, published 2000. Taschen, Art & Art Instruction, ISBN 3822859923, p. 95
Source/Photographer Adjusted levels from File:Sandro Botticelli - La nascita di Venere - Google Art Project.jpg, originally from Google Art Project. Compression Photoshop level 9.
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