This is the painting Spring by Sandro Botticelli. This was painted in 1482 with tempera paint on a canvas. This painting is 6ft 8in x 10ft 4 in which makes all the figures in the picture nearly life-size. This painting too has alot of symbolic people included. The man on the left is Mercury, he is holding up his staff and pushing away a rain cloud for spring to come in. The three dancers are know as the Three Graces, they represent beauty. The woman in the middle is Venus the goddess of love, and above her is her son, Cupid who also represents love. The woman next to Venus is Flora, the goddess of flowers and spring. She came from the nymph standing next to her who was transformed by Zephyrus, the wind of spring.
