Venus and Adonis
Item
- Title
- Venus and Adonis
- Rights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States of America. Public Domain.
- Creator
- Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (ca. 1485/90?-1576 C.E.)
- Date
- 1550s
- Description
- This painting by Titian depicts a worried Venus attempting to stop her lover Adonis from departing the hunt. They are under cover of a large tree, where Venus sits atop a red bench. She clings to her lover's shoulders as he is mid step, her nude back to the viewer with a silky stream of fabric falling from her lap. Adonis holds a spear in one hand and the leash of two hounds in the other while staring into the eyes of Venus. Cupid, hugging a dove, looks upon the two in fear.
- Format
- Painting, oil on canvas. 106.7 x 133.4 cm.
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Jules Bach Collection.
- Contributor
- Mckenzi Monical
- Identifier
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 49.7.16
- Subject
- Italian Renaissance; Renaissance painting; Titian; Venus; Adonis; goddess; hunt; love; myth.
- Source
- Jpeg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 10/10/2023.
- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437826
- Site pages
- Venus and Her Potency
- Media
Venus and Adonis