The Birth of Venus, detail (1484/86) Size::70 x 50cm (20 x 28") Fjaestad was also a member

Fjaestad was also a member of the artists' colony in Varberg

A lesser-known detail about Motherby is that he originally came from a family of Quakers

He experimented with various media and techniques

passing on his artistic beliefs and techniques to a new generation of artists

This passion for collecting reflects his fascination with the unusual and the dramatic

The Birth of Venus, detail (1484/86) Size::70 x 50cm (20 x 28") Fjaestad was also a memberThe Birth of Venus by Alessandro Botticelli, painted between 1484 and 1486, is a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance that captures the grace and beauty of the Roman goddess of love, Venus, in a moment of creation. In this detail of the painting, we see Venus standing on a shell while surrounded by gentle waves. Her skin has an almost unearthly glow, and her hair blows in a breeze created by the Zephyr and Aura winds. Botticelli manages to depict a