Venus and Adonis, by Titian
Venus and Adonis, by Titian, c. 1555, Italian Renaissance painting, oil on canvas. The goddess Venus tries to restrain her lover Adonis from going to a hunt. Scene is based on ancient Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which the mortal Adonis is fatally injured (BSLOC_2016_6_1)
Picture No
11110948
Media ID
45274285
Size
3000px x 2441px
(1.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
