Birth of Venus
Item
- Title
- Birth of Venus
- Rights
- Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Fair Use.
- Creator
- Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
- Date
- 1485
- Description
- In the center of this painting, the goddess Venus arises from a pink shell on the island of Cyprus, nude. She attempts to cover herself with her hair and arms. The wind god Zephyr and possibly the goddess Aura fly in on the right of the painting, roses floating around their bodies. Zephyr blows a gust of wind to billow out Venus's hair and the cloak that possibly one of the Graces is holding out to cloth the nude goddess as she exits the shell.
- Format
- Painting, tempera on canvas. 172.5 x 278.5 cm.
- Publisher
- Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi.
- Contributor
- Mckenzi Monical
- Identifier
- Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi. 1890 n. 878.
- Subject
- Italian Renaissance; Italian; Renaissance; Botticelli; Venus; Greco-Roman myth; mythology; love.
- Source
- Jpeg file. Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi. 10/12/2023.
- https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/birth-of-venus
- Site pages
- Botticelli
- Media
Birth of Venus