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Botticelli's Venus was created in 1486, is tempera on canvas, and is 172.5x278.5 cm.

Bouguereau's was created in 1879, is oil on canvas, and is 300x218 cm.

Both paintings show Venus in the center standing on a seashell (a visual metaphor for the vulva). Botticelli has Venus being blown to shore by a personified wind. The nude goddess is shown modestly covering her genitals with her blonde hair, while her other hand is on her chest. A nymph to the right rushes to clothe her.

Bouguereau's Venus is being pulled by dolphins, while a crowd of nymphs, centaurs, and putti gather around her. She raises her arms to arrange her brown hair, showing no intention of covering herself and revealing all of her nude body.

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