Venus and Adonis
Italian (Venetian) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
584 x 699 mm (23 x 27 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129287
Caption
Ovid in the ‘Metamorphoses’ relates how Venus fell hopelessly in love with Adonis. Here Venus is shown trying to restrain Adonis, imploring him not to go hunting. He does not listen to her pleas, and was slain by a wild boar, fulfilling Venus’s fears. In the place where the earth was stained with Adonis’s blood, anemones sprouted.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Venus and Adonis, Italian (Venetian School), 17th century. Venus and Adonis in a landscape with putti.
Provenance
Lord Hawkesbury, 'Catalogue of the Pictures at Hardwick Hall; in the possession of the His Grace the Duke of Devonshire KG', 1903;
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1959)
Makers and roles
Italian (Venetian) School , artist