The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)
Origins of the work
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Atherant
Simonetta Vespucci, with whom Botticelli is said to have been secretly in love, probably served as the model for this painting.
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lasrus
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The picture was painted for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici's Villa di Castello.
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