Painting of the Week:The Birth of Venus

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Botticelli’s best known work is also one of the most recognizable masterpieces of the Early Italian Renaissance and perhaps all of the Western art history.

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Uffizi Gallery  
Room 10-14: Botticelli Room

"Birth of Venus"

by Botticelli

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