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.

The Birth of Venus measures in at roughly 6 feet by 9 feet. It's been called the "first large-scale canvas created in Renaissance Florence." 8. The Birth of Venus survived the Bonfire of the Vanities.

NPR offers a correction to a piece earlier in the week in which we referred to the mollusk in the famous "Birth of Venus" painting by Botticelli as a clam shell. Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ...

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Famous works of art from 'The Birth of Venus' to 'Mona Lisa' reimagined as cakes. Have your art and eat it too! 0:34. By Kelly McCarthy. June 22, 2021, 4:02 AM.

Perhaps his most famous work, Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” was painted circa 1485, at the height of his powers. The goddess of love stands modestly atop a giant shell, born by the winds as ...

This beautiful painting by Nicolas Poussin has for centuries bamboozled art historians, who can’t decide whether it’s showing the birth of Venus or the triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite.

Botticelli's Birth of Venus, an overscaled 1482 painting on canvas surely ranks among the most beautiful creations ever done. Alas, when you approach close up to this piece hanging in the Uffizi ...

Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ran a story about the famous Renaissance painting the "Birth Of Venus" by Sandro Boticelli. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You know the image - a nude Venus, head tilted ...