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Sandro Botticelli
Birth of Venus, tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
In La Primavera by Sandro Botticelli, the figure of Cupid, the god of erotic love, is positioned above the other mythological characters. He is depicted aiming his dart at the Three Graces.12