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The Birth of Venus

ArtistBotticelli, Sandro
Artist Info.Italy 1444-1510
Dateca. 1482
SubjectPainting
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Materialtempera on wood
Dimensions175.5x278.5 cm
CollectionItaly, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi
Inv. No.878
Saskia No.Lif-0930
SourceCunningham & 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