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The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus is a large tempera painting Sandro Botticelli completed in Florence around 1484–1486, depicting the goddess of love stepping from …
Timeline
- c. 1482–1484Florence · FlorenceAfter mythological works such as Primavera, Botticelli continued painting classical subjects for the Medici inner circle. The iconographic program of Venus emerging from the sea took shape in this phase, serving villa decoration and humanist sociability.
- c. 1484–1486Florence · FlorenceBotticelli completed the scene of Venus stepping ashore in tempera on canvas, with elongated figures and clear contours, translating Ficino's ideas of beauty and love into a large hangable painting.
- 1486Uffizi Gallery · FlorenceThe painting later entered the Medici–Uffizi collection system, standing alongside Primavera as the representative of Botticelli's mythological paintings, and through modern reproductions became a popular symbol of the Renaissance.
Sources
- The Birth of Venus https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Birth-of-Venus-painting-by-Botticelli
- Birth of Venus https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/birth-of-venus