Private Life of a Masterpiece Episode 9: Sandro Botticelli - Primavera

Private Life of a Masterpiece Episode 9: Sandro Botticelli - Primavera

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Primavera, also known as Allegory of Spring, is a tempera panel painting by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli. Painted ca. 1482, the painting is described in Culture & Values (2009) as "[o]ne of the most popular paintings in Western art". It is also, according to Botticelli, Primavera (1998), "one of the most written about, and most controversial paintings in the world."

Sandro Botticelli's art (Photo credit: Wikipedia)