The Birth of Venus — Sandro Botticelli Fine Art Poster
The Birth of Venus — Sandro Botticelli Fine Art Poster
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“The Birth of Venus,” painted by Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445–1510) in the mid-1480s, shows the goddess Venus arriving on the shore of Cyprus atop a giant scallop shell, blown by the wind god Zephyrus and about to be wrapped in a flowered cloak. It was one of the first Tuscan paintings made on canvas rather than the costly wood panel then standard, and its graceful, linear treatment of the nude figure became one of the defining images of the Italian Renaissance. It hangs today, alongside Botticelli's “Primavera,” in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.
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My mother liked hers so much that I ordered one too. The shading in The Birth of Venus has a depth I never noticed in books. The size is exactly right for the spot I had in mind.
This shop does everything right, from checkout to delivery. Our driver leaves everything at the end of a long gravel driveway and it still arrived in perfect shape.
This has been the easiest online order I have placed in years. Everything that makes The Birth of Venus special survived the reproduction. It arrived a full day ahead of the estimate. Worth every dollar and then some… ✨
Thank you. We spend a long time on the scans, so hearing that the detail came through means a lot.
This turned out better than the photos led me to expect. I have wanted something by Botticelli in this house for years, and The Birth of Venus was the right pick. It gave the kitchen the anchor it was missing.
There are things I like here and a couple that bug me. The detail in The Birth of Venus holds up at a distance and softens if you come closer. The shipping cost more than I expected at checkout. It came through a January cold snap in an unheated garage without any damage.