Sandro Botticelli · c. 1485

The Birth of Venus

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The Italian Renaissance icon — Venus emerging from the sea on a giant scallop shell, a celebration of classical beauty.

Up to 48 × 30 in · landscape

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Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Hand-printed in Ottawa

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the mid-1480s. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully grown. The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Sandro Botticelli

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work. Since then, his paintings have been seen to represent the linear grace of late Italian Gothic and some Early Renaissance painting, even though they date from the latter half of the Italian Renaissance period.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Frequently asked

The Birth of Venus— questions & answers

›What does The Birth of Venus depict?

Painted by Botticelli around 1485, it shows Venus arriving from the sea on a giant scallop shell — the Italian Renaissance's great celebration of classical beauty, and one of the most recognized paintings in the world.

›Where can I buy a Birth of Venus canvas print?

Chromora prints The Birth of Venus on museum-quality archival cotton canvas, hand-finished in Ottawa and shipped across Canada and the US. Prints over $50 CAD ship free in Canada (over $100 USD in the US).

›Where is the original Birth of Venus?

The original hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

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