The Birth of Venus was painted by Botticelli in 1486 in Italy. It is painted in tempera on canvas. Lorenzo the Great launched the theme of this painting and had it set to verse by one of his favorite humanist poets, Angelo Poliziano. Botticelli followed the text and designed the artwork. In it, the goddess Venus emerges from the sea on a shell, matching the myth of her birth. As she is about to step onto the shore, a Nymph reaches out to cover her with a cloak. This painting is the first large-scale canvas created in the Renaissance.
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