It is often believed that either verses by Agnolo Poliziano or texts by Ovid and Lucretius were the inspirations for this painting.
It is often believed that either verses by Agnolo Poliziano or texts by Ovid and Lucretius were the inspirations for this painting. Its artist gave one of this painting's characters the face of another person, whose portrait he had painted in Catherine of Alexandria. In this painting, the central figure, who is wearing a red cloak, is next to Flora, who is scattering flowers on the ground to her right. Stretching his hand upward to pick oranges is Mercury, wearing his winged shoes and bearing his caduceus. On the right, Zephyr is in pursuit of the nymph Chloris, while Cupid, floating above Venus, is aiming his arrows at the Graces, who are dancing at left. FTP, name this Sandro Botticelli painting which depicts the arrival of the title season?
It is often believed that either verses by Agnolo Poliziano or texts by Ovid and Lucretius were the inspirations for this painting.
{Primavera} or {Allegory of Spring}