Who painted 'La Primavera'?

• A. Leonardo da Vinci
• B. Michelangelo
• C. Caravaggio
• D. Botticelli

Answer: (D)

La Primavera is a quintessential Botticelli work, so the artist is the best match for this title. Created in the Florentine Renaissance era (roughly 1482–1485), it presents a mythological garden scene with Venus, the Three Graces, Mercury, and Zephyr pursuing Chloris, all rendered in Botticelli’s characteristic graceful line and luminous, pale palette. This combination of mythological subject matter and delicate, flowing contours is a hallmark of Botticelli’s style, helping distinguish it from other maestros.

By contrast, Leonardo da Vinci is known for sfumato and portraits like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, Michelangelo for monumental, muscular figures and grand biblical scenes such as the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and Caravaggio for stark chiaroscuro and dramatic, everyday realism. None of these align with the Gentile, myth-infused elegance that defines La Primavera.