In 1483-1485 Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici commissioned the painting of The birth of Venus. Artist Sandro Botticelli completed this work of patronage for the Medici family. Using tempera on panel this piece is about 9 feet high and 6 feet wide, creating a larger than life element to this piece. This piece was originally titled La nascita di Venere and today can be viewed in the Uffizi Gallery, but was originally for the villa of Castello owned by the Medici family. This famous renaissance painting shows quite literally the birth of Venus. Looking at the left of the painting there are two figures one is Zephyr, who is the west wind, the wind can been seen illustrated through a thin, white translucent lines flowing from their mouths.
