Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · Boston : L. C. Page · leaf 135
ho is dragged by a rope atAlexandria, with the overthrow of his assailantsby hail and lightning : in the background, Christappearing to him in prison. This was paintedfor the Guild of Linen Merchants, whose patronwas St. Mark. On the right-hand wall, 39, is ** Botticellisexquisite Birth of Venus,… … BOTTICELLI. BIRTH OF VENUS (DETAIL). Early Florentine Paintings. 91 rises nude from a foaming sea, throned on ascallop shell. Her figure has a strange elusivebeauty. Her long fair hair, her wistful face,her lithe ideal form, are wholly Botticellian,The picture, though pagan, is anything…
Art, Italian · Florence (Italy) -- Description and travel
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