The Birth of Venus

E107915

Renaissance painting painting

The Birth of Venus is a renowned 15th-century painting by Sandro Botticelli depicting the goddess Venus emerging from the sea, celebrated as an icon of Italian Renaissance art.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Birth of Venus canonical	9
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli	2
Nascita di Venere	1
birth of Venus from the sea	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artStyle	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Early Renaissance Florentine school ⓘ surface form: Florentine Renaissance
basedOn	classical mythology ⓘ
collection	Uffizi Gallery ⓘ surface form: Galleria degli Uffizi collection
colorPalette	pastel tones ⓘ
commissionedBy	Medici family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Sandro Botticelli ⓘ
culturalContext	Renaissance humanism ⓘ surface form: Florentine humanism
depicts	Aurae ⓘ surface form: Aura Venus ⓘ Aeolus ⓘ surface form: Zephyrus The Birth of Venus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: birth of Venus from the sea female figure with cloak ⓘ goddess of love ⓘ idealized female beauty ⓘ sea shell ⓘ
genre	mythological painting ⓘ
hasPart	central nude figure of Venus ⓘ left group of wind deities ⓘ right figure offering cloak ⓘ
height	approximately 172.5 cm ⓘ
iconicStatus	icon of Italian Renaissance art ⓘ icon of Western art ⓘ
inception	c. 1484 ⓘ c. 1485 ⓘ
influencedBy	ancient Greek art ⓘ ancient Roman art ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Florence ⓘ
location	Uffizi Gallery ⓘ
materialUsed	canvas ⓘ tempera ⓘ
movement	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance
notableFor	large scale depiction of nude female figure ⓘ revival of classical themes in Renaissance art ⓘ
originallyDisplayedIn	a Medici villa ⓘ
setInPeriod	mythological time ⓘ
significantEvent	public display at Uffizi from 19th century ⓘ
subjectMatter	pagan mythology ⓘ
technique	delicate contour drawing ⓘ linear style ⓘ
titleInItalian	The Birth of Venus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nascita di Venere
width	approximately 278.5 cm ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western canon of art → includesWork → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

Florence → famousArtworkLocatedIn → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli → notableWork → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

François Boucher → notableWork → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

The Birth of Venus → depicts → The Birth of Venus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: birth of Venus from the sea

The Birth of Venus → titleInItalian → The Birth of Venus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nascita di Venere

Venus → artRepresentation → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

Uffizi Gallery → notableWork → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

Italian Renaissance painting → hasNotableWork → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti → relatedWork → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi → notableWork → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

subject surface form: Sandro Botticelli

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi → signatureWork → The Birth of Venus ⓘ

subject surface form: Sandro Botticelli

Salon of 1865 → exhibitedWork → The Birth of Venus ⓘ