Geboorte van Venus 1498 - 1532

"Geboorte van Venus", a 16th-century engraving by Marco Dente, depicts the Roman goddess Venus emerging from the sea. Venus stands on a seashell, her body nude, as she reaches for her hair. In the sky above, the wind god Zephyr and his consort Chloris are shown blowing air at the sea, a reference to the legend of Venus's birth. The image, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, is a reproduction of a painting by Sandro Botticelli, and captures the beauty and detail of the original through Dente's skillful engraving technique.