File:Birth of Venus.jpg

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Alternative names	Birth name: Allessandro Filipepi Sandro Filipepi Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Botticelli
Description	Italian painter, fresco painter and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	circa 1445	17 May 1510
Location of birth/death	Florence	Florence
Work location	Florence (1469–1481), Pisa (1475), Rome (1481–1482), Florence (1482–1490), Volterra (ca. 1483), Mantua (1502), Florence (1503–1510)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Italian: Nascita di Venere
The Birth of Venus

Object type

Painting

Medium

tempera on panel

Dimensions

Length: 278.5 cm (109.6 in). Height: 172.5 cm (67.9 in).

Current location

Uffizi Gallery

	Native name	Galleria degli Uffizi
	Location	Florence
	Coordinates	43° 46′ 7.10″ N, 11° 15′ 18.77″ E
	Established	1581 (built), 1765 (open to public)
	Website	www.polomuseale.firenze.it/musei/uffizi/

room Botticelli

Object history

commissioned by Lorenzo and Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de'Medici for Villa di Castello (?)

References

English: Text about "Birth of Venus" from E.H. Gombrich, "The Story of Art"

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