Francisco Goya's Witches' Sabbath, painted in 1798 for the Duchess of Osuna, shows a circle of women offering their newborn babies to a crowned he-goat under a thin moon. The picture is one of six small witch panels Goya produced in the same year — the same year as the Caprichos etchings — and the moment his work shifts from court portraitist to investigator of fear, ignorance, and the Spanish dark.

Searching for Botticelli's Primavera? This is the painting: roughly 203 by 314 centimetres of tempera on poplar, painted in Florence around 1480 for the Medici family. Nine figures in a flowered orange grove. What the painting shows, why so many figures, and how to bring the fine print home.

Searching for Caravaggio's Narcissus? This is the painting: roughly 110 by 92 centimetres of oil on canvas, painted in Rome at the start of his career. A young man kneeling at a dark pool, looking at his own reflection. What the painting shows, why it is so dark, and how to bring the fine print home.

Nine figures in a flowering orange grove. Venus in the centre, the Three Graces dancing, Mercury reaching into the trees, Zephyr seizing Chloris who becomes Flora. Reading Botticelli's most complicated allegory, figure by figure.

The meaning behind Botticelli's The Birth of Venus — the figures, the symbolism, the historical context, and where to find a fine print to live with.