What is Mercury doing on the far left?

Pushing away clouds with his staff

Primavera Quiz: Botticelli's Garden of Myth and Symbols

This Primavera quiz walks into Botticelli's spring garden, one of the most admired paintings of the Florentine Renaissance. Play 10 interactive questions on Venus, Cupid, the Three Graces, Mercury, Zephyrus, Chloris and Flora, hundreds of plants, Medici oranges and its home in the Uffizi.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Artist
Who painted Primavera?
Meaning
What does Primavera mean?
Museum
Where does Primavera hang today?
Center
Which goddess stands at the center?
Above
Who flies above her with a bow?
Graces
Who dances in a circle on the left?
Mercury
What is Mercury doing on the far left?
Wind
Who is the blue-tinged figure on the right?
Change
Chloris turns into which goddess?
Plants
About how many plant species have experts found in it?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who painted Primavera?
Answer: Sandro Botticelli
He worked in Florence.
Q2: What does Primavera mean?
Answer: Spring
The scene celebrates the season.
Q3: Where does Primavera hang today?
Answer: The Uffizi in Florence
The Birth of Venus is nearby.
Q4: Which goddess stands at the center?
Answer: Venus
She presides over the garden.
Q5: Who flies above her with a bow?
Answer: Cupid
He is blindfolded.
Q6: Who dances in a circle on the left?
Answer: The Three Graces
They wear sheer gowns.
Q7: What is Mercury doing on the far left?
Answer: Pushing away clouds with his staff
He guards the garden.
Q8: Who is the blue-tinged figure on the right?
Answer: Zephyrus, the west wind
He reaches for Chloris.
Q9: Chloris turns into which goddess?
Answer: Flora
Flowers spill from her mouth.
Q10: About how many plant species have experts found in it?
Answer: About 500
Around 190 are flowers.

Primavera Quiz – Botticelli's Garden of Myth and Symbols

Sandro Botticelli painted Primavera, meaning spring, in Florence around 1480. It is painted in tempera on wooden panels and is now one of the treasures of the Uffizi Gallery.

Venus stands at the center under a blindfolded Cupid. On the right, Zephyrus, the west wind, chases the nymph Chloris, who becomes Flora, scattering flowers; on the left the Three Graces dance and Mercury pushes back clouds.

Experts have found about 500 plant species in the meadow and grove. The oranges may hint at the Medici family, who were linked to the painting's early history, and scholars still debate its full meaning.

What This Quiz Teaches

Art fans will enjoy these questions.

Who painted it
Where it hangs
Who the figures are
What the plants show
Why oranges matter

Did You Know?

Primavera is more than three meters wide.
It was restored in the 1980s.
Botticelli also painted The Birth of Venus.
Poems by Ovid inspired parts of the scene.
The Medici were great patrons of the arts.