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Title:
Simonetta Vespucci as Mythological Nymph
Creator:
Botticelli, Sandro, painter
Description:
Simonetta Vespucci, the mistress of Giuliano de Medici, is here portrayed as a nymph. Her hair is loose and seductive, and it is wound with pearls and ribbons and topped with a jeweld feather ornament. Her necklace depicts a classical scene. Simonetta's beauty was considered the humanist ideal and her likeness was portrayed by artists long after her death; Botticelli was only nine years old when she died.
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Rights:
Public domain
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Classical Influences
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Vespucci, Simonetta, Mistress of Giuliano de' Medici
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
15
Date:
ca. 1480
Related Work:
Piero di Cosimo, Simonetta Vespucci as Cleopatra, ca. 1480, Chantilly, Musée Condé
Current Location:
Frankfurt, Städel Museum, nv. Nr. 936
Original Location:
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Paintings
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Panel paintings; Tempera; Oil
Donor:
Height/Width/Length(cm):
82cm/54cm/
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