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Maddy Mussen

The Uffizi gallery is suing John Paul Gaultier over ‘illegal’ Botticelli rip offs

The Uffizi gallery in Florence is suing French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier after it allegedly used “unauthorised” reproductions of the artist Sandro Botticelli’s work.

The brand released an entire collection based around Botticelli’s opus, The Birth of Venus, which depicts the goddess of love and beauty covering her naked body, stood upon a scallop shell after being birthed from the sea.

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