Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445-1510) was a Florentine master of the Early Renaissance, celebrated for graceful lines and mythological dreamscapes. His Birth of Venus remains one of the most enchanting images ever painted.

  • The Birth of Venus

    ByDominik Szobak

    Here is a fact that stops most people in their tracks: The Birth of Venus was painted on canvas — not wood panel — at a time when nearly every major Italian altarpiece and large-scale painting was produced on wood, making it one of the earliest surviving large-format canvas paintings in Western art history. Quick…