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The Birth of Venus
| Artist | Botticelli, Sandro |
| Artist Info. | Italy 1444-1510 |
| Date | ca. 1482 |
| Subject | Painting |
| Period | Italian Renaissance |
| Material | tempera on wood |
| Dimensions | 175.5x278.5 cm |
| Collection | Italy, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi |
| Inv. No. | 878 |
| Saskia No. | Lif-0930 |
| Source | Cunningham & Reich, Culture and Values, 5th ed., chapter 12, plate 21 |
| Cunningham & Reich, Culture and Values, 6th ed., chapter 12, plate 21 | |
| Gardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 21, plate 27 | |
| Gilbert, Living with Art, 6th ed., chapter 16, plate 6 | |
| Gombrich, The Story of Art, 16th ed., plate 172 | |
| Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 20, plate 67 | |
| Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed., chapter 12, figure C062 | |
| Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 12, plate 54 | |
| Lois Fichner-Rathus, Understanding Art, 6th ed., chapter 2, plate 12 | |
| Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 17, plate 73 |
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