Sandro Botticelli - La nascita di Venere - Google Art Project-x2-y1
Summary
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.
Date
1485
Source
MQEeq50LABEBVg at Google Cultural Institute, zoom level maximum
Copyright info
public domain