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Artist |
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Title |
Italian: Nascita di Venere The Birth of Venus |
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.
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Date |
from 1483 until 1485 |
Medium |
tempera on panel |
Dimensions |
Length: 278.5 cm (109.6 in). Height: 172.5 cm (67.9 in). |
Current location |
Uffizi Gallery ![Link back to Institution infobox template](../../images/4/466.png) |
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Native name |
Galleria degli Uffizi |
Location |
Florence |
Coordinates |
43° 46′ 7.10″ N, 11° 15′ 18.77″ E ![Link to OpenStreetMap](../../images/2846/284679.png) |
Established |
1581 (built), 1765 (open to public) |
Website |
www.polomuseale.firenze.it/musei/uffizi/ |
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room Botticelli |
Object history |
commissioned by Lorenzo and Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de'Medici for Villa di Castello (?)
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References |
English: Text about "Birth of Venus" from E.H. Gombrich, "The Story of Art"
- ↑ Deimling, Barbara. Sandro Botticelli, published 2000. Taschen, Art & Art Instruction, ISBN 3822859923, p. 95
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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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