Round 11: Tossup 1

The face of a figure in this painting is used on the reverse of Italian 10-cent coins. A young woman with wings on the top left corner of this painting was argued by Giorgio Vasari to be the personification of Aura. The artist of this painting (-5[1])adapted its central figure as a personification of Truth in his later work (15[1])The Calumny of Apelles. (15[1]-5[1])The Uffizi Gallery holds this painting, (15[2])whose title figure (15[1])is depicted in the (*) Pudica pose. A cloak is held out by a Hora of Spring to cover this painting’s nude central figure, who stands atop a pink seashell. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])the title goddess is shown rising from the ocean in what painting (10[1])by Sandro Botticelli? ■END■

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