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unusual facts about ''The Birth of Venus''


The Birth of Venus

In paintings, the term "the birth of Venus" has often been interchanged with "Venus Anadyomene".


Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum

The mural of Venus from Pompeii was never seen by Botticelli, the painter of The Birth of Venus, but may have been a Roman copy of the then famous painting by Apelles which Lucian mentioned.

S4C Sport

Lion Colin Charvis depicted as Atlas with the world on his shoulders, Chris Wyatt struck the famous discus pose, while presenter Amanda Protheroe Thomas recreated a scene form Botticelli’s painting, The Birth of Venus (1486).

Villa di Castello

The villa also housed some of the great art treasures of Florence, including Sandro Botticelli's Renaissance masterpieces The Birth of Venus and Primavera.


see also

Philippe Chéry

He also painted 'The Treaty of Amiens,' for which he received the prize of 12,000 francs in the competition in the year XI; 'The Death of the Father of Louis XVI.,' exhibited in 1817; 'Thrasybulus re-establishing the Democratic Government at Athens,' which passed into England, 'The Death of Alcibiades,' 'The Birth of Venus,' 'The Toilet of Venus,' and portraits of many of the men of mark of the time.