Sandro Botticelli, "The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist" ("Madonna of the Rose Garden") (c. 1468), tempera and gold on poplar panel, 35 3/4 x 26 3/8 inches; Musée du Louvre (© ...
The goddess perches upon a giant scallop shell, pale green waves lapping around her. Her long golden hair rustles in the wind as she is blown to shore upon her seashell vessel. She is nude, her body ...