maybe is cheating on the blog’s day by day philosophy…but I couldn’t resist click trhu time and publish this image, part of a lovely trip to Firenze that I did during these (those) days. Is one of my favorites paintings, or at least it became after my visit.

Botticelli, Sandro
The birth of Venus
c. 1485
Tempera on canvas
172.5 x 278.5 cm (67 7/8 x 109 5/8 in.)
Uffizi, Florence