The Birth Of Venus

Please note:Gold background colour can be changed by you to any other colour you wish.Click the blue 'Customize It' button. The Birth of Venus-A work of art by the Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli. Painted between 1484-1486,it depicts the goddess of love Venus,after emerging from the sea as an adult woman, Venus stands on a seashell, being blown to shore by Zephyr, god of the west wind.Horae, goddesses of the seasons,stands ready with a cape to clothe the newborn deity. Zephyr carries either an Aura (nymphs of the wind) or Chloris, a nymph associated with spring and blossoming flowers like those seen throughout the picture. The painting is in the collection of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. If you require help of any kind with our products or artwork, please don't hesitate to contact us!