Sandro Botticelli (c. 1444-1510) was a Florentine painter of the Renaissance. He was a master of color and rhythmic line. Among the paintings considered his masterpieces is this one entitled 'Spring' or 'Primavera.' While the date is disputed, Botticelli may have painted it around 1478. Reading the figures from the left, they are: the Roman messenger god Mercury (Hermes to the Greeks), the Three Graces, the Roman goddess Venus (Aphrodite to the Greeks), above Venus is her son Cupid (the Roman god of love, Eros to the Greeks) who is pointing his arrows at the Three Graces, Primavera the spring maiden, the Roman goddess of flowers Flora, who is being pursued by the classical wind god Zephyrus. It is painted in tempera on wood and hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.