Venus Rising  (Inspired by the paintings of Botticelli 1445-1510)
from the studio of Egregia, Volterra, Italy and by
A. Santini from ISAC Statue, Italy
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Three views of Botticelli's Venus Rising from the sea

 Artist

Arnaldo Egregia
(Photo at Left)

A. Santini
(Varies from Photo)

A. Santini
(Varies from Photo)
 Material

Bonded Cararra Marble

Bonded Cararra Marble

Bonded
Cararra Marble
 Finish

 White, As Shown

 White, As Shown

 White, As Shown
 Size

 17"H

17"H

25"H
 Maker

Egregia

ISAC

ISAC
Product ID

0485511

07500108

522001191
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Birth of Venus painting     This large picture may have been, like the Primavera, painted for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici's Villa di Castello, around 1482, or even before. Some scholars suggest that the Venus painted for Lorenzo and mentioned by Giorgio Vasari may have been a different work, now lost. Whatever inspired the artist, there are clear similarities to Ovid's Metamorphoses and Fasti, as well as to Poliziano's Verses. Simonetta is also believed to have been the model for Venus in this painting.     
         The classical goddess Venus emerges from the water on a shell, blown towards shore by the Zephyrs, symbols of spiritual passions. She is joined by one of the Horae, goddesses of the seasons, who hands her a flowered cloak.
          The anatomy of Venus and various subsidiary details do not display the strict classical realism of Leonardo da Vinci or Raphael. Most obviously, Venus has an improbably long neck, and her left shoulder slopes at an anatomically unlikely angle. Some have suggested it prefigures mannerism.