File:Sandro Botticelli - The Birth of Venus (detail) - WGA2772.jpg

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Alternative names	Birth name: Allessandro Filipepi Sandro Filipepi Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Botticelli
Description	Italian painter, fresco painter and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	circa 1445	17 May 1510
Location of birth/death	Florence	Florence
Work location	Florence (1469–1481), Pisa (1475), Rome (1481–1482), Florence (1482–1490), Volterra (ca. 1483), Mantua (1502), Florence (1503–1510)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

The Birth of Venus (detail)

Date

circa 1485

Medium

tempera on canvas

Current location

Uffizi Gallery

	Native name	Galleria degli Uffizi
	Location	Florence
	Coordinates	43° 46′ 7.10″ N, 11° 15′ 18.77″ E
	Established	1581 (built), 1765 (open to public)
	Website	www.polomuseale.firenze.it/musei/uffizi/

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