The Birth of Venus (detail). Botticelli

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c. 1486
Type tempera on canvas
Dimensions 172.5 cm × 278.9 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in)
Location Uffizi, Florence

The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere) is a 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli was commissioned to paint the work by the Medici family of Florence, specifically Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici under the influence of his cousin Lorenzo de’ Medici, close friend to Botticelli. It depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged

 

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