Primavera

Sandro Botticelli · c. 1480

Venus presides over a mythological spring garden while Mercury clears the clouds at its edge.

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Title: Primavera
Creator: Sandro Botticelli
Date: c. 1480
Holding source: Uffizi Galleries
Medium: Painting
Mythic links: Aphrodite, Hermes

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