Primavera
Item
- Title
- Primavera
- Rights
- Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Fair Use.
- Creator
- Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
- Date
- 1480
- Description
- Venus, central to the scene stands isolated from her companions in the center of a meadow. She is dressed in beautiful, fine silky white dress, embellished with gold, a crown upon her head attached to a gossamer veil. The Three Graces and Mars stand on her right, and Zephyr, the wind god, and goddess of flowers, Flora, stand to her left. Zephyr chases after Flora and she is shown transforming from nymph to goddess. The Graces dance and Mars reaches for a piece of fruit in one of the trees while cupid flies over their heads, aiming his arrow for the Graces. These figures join usher in springtime.
- Format
- Painting. Tempera grassa on wood. 207 x 319 cm.
- Publisher
- Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi.
- Contributor
- Mckenzi Monical
- Identifier
- Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi. 1890 N. 8360.
- Subject
- Italian Renaissance; Renaissance painting; Botticelli; Venus; Mars; spring; love.
- Source
- Jpeg file. Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi. 10/17/2023.
- https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/botticelli-spring
- Site pages
- Botticelli
- Media
Primavera