The Birth of Venus is a painting by the Italian artist Botticelli (Image: Getty) The mystery behind one of the world's most famous paintings has finally been “solved” after 500 years.

The painting, the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, is one of the most celebrated and reproduced images in the history of Western art—and one that remains curiously enigmatic.

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Fox’s look, named by Findikoglu as “Rebirth of Venus,” was a nod to Italian painter Sandro Botticelli’s seminal work “The Birth of Venus” (c. 1480).

Boticelli’s The Birth of Venus is one of the most famous paintings in the world. The sustained fascination it evokes was strongly felt by Ottorino Respighi, who composed Trittico Boticelliano ...

Fox’s look, named by Findikoglu as “Rebirth of Venus,” was a nod to Italian painter Sandro Botticelli’s seminal work “The Birth of Venus” (c. 1480).

Fox’s look, named by Findikoglu as “Rebirth of Venus,” was a nod to Italian painter Sandro Botticelli’s seminal work “The Birth of Venus” (c. 1480).