The
Birth of Venus is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably
executed in the mid 1480s. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore
after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown (called Venus
Anadyomene and often depicted in art). The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in
Florence, Italy.
Although the two are not a pair, the painting is inevitably
discussed with Botticelli's other very large mythological painting, the
Primavera, also in the Uffizi. They are among the most famous paintings in the
world, and icons of the Italian Renaissance; of the two, the Birth is better
known than the Primavera. As depictions of subjects from classical mythology on
a very large scale they were virtually unprecedented in Western art since
classical antiquity, as was the size and prominence of a nude female figure in
the Birth. It used to be thought that they were both commissioned by the same
member of the Medici family, but this is now uncertain.
Although the two are not a pair, the painting is inevitably
discussed with Botticelli's other very large mythological painting, the
Primavera, also in the Uffizi. They are among the most famous paintings in the
world, and icons of the Italian Renaissance; of the two, the Birth is better
known than the Primavera. As depictions of subjects from classical mythology on
a very large scale they were virtually unprecedented in Western art since
classical antiquity, as was the size and prominence of a nude female figure in
the Birth. It used to be thought that they were both commissioned by the same
member of the Medici family, but this is now uncertain.
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Inner Size: 16 x 10" (41 x 25cm)
Outer Size: 20 x 14" (51 x 36cm)