Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman
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Musée du Louvre, Louvre |
Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman, also known as Giovanna degli Albizzi Receiving a Gift of Flowers from Venus (
A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts, originally decorated the walls of Villa Lemmi, a country villa near Florence owned by Giovanni Tornabuoni, uncle of Lorenzo de' Medici and head of the Roman branch of the Medici Bank. They were probably commissioned for the wedding in 1486 of Giovanni's son Lorenzo to Giovanna of the Albizzi family, and are therefore thought to depict the two.[1]
Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman shows a young woman, probably Giovanna Tornabuoni, being received by Venus and the three Graces. Giovanna holds open a white cloth, into which Venus is laying roses symbolizing beauty and love.[1]
Both paintings were discovered at Villa Lemmi in 1873 under a coat of whitewash and removed from the wall and
Musée du Louvre, Paris.[2]
See also
- List of works by Sandro Botticelli
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3-8228-5992-6.
- ^ "Paintings : Italian Painting - Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman". Louvre. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
