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Title:
Birth of Venus
Creator:
Botticelli, Sandro, painter
Description:
Venus is borne from the sea on a large shell, blown by the west wind, Zephyr, and the nymph, Chloris. Eunomia, one of the classical Horai, prepares to dress her with a flowered mantle on shore. Eunomia was the goddess of good order and here represents the obedient behavior of women in marriage.
Source:
Wikimedia Commons
Rights:
Public domain
Subject
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:
Classical Influences
Personification
Sexuality
Venus (Mythological Figure)
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
15
Date:
ca. 1484
Related Work:
Current Location:
Florence, Uffizi Gallery
Original Location:
Villa Castello of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de'Medici.
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Paintings
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Canvas; Tempera
Donor:
Layman; Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’Medici, cousin of Lorenzo il Magnifico
Height/Width/Length(cm):
278.5 cm/172.9 cm/
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