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. Object Type: painting. Genre: mythological painting. Date: circa 1485 Early Renaissance (1420s–1500). Dimensions: height: 172.5 cm (67.9 in) ; width: 278.5 cm (109.6 in). Medium: tempera on canvas. Depicted People: Venus, Aphrodite. Collection: Uffizi Gallery. Series Title: Q117361736. Sandro Botticelli - La nascita di Venere - Google Art Project
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