Adonis Mourned by Venus and Cupids

ca. 1715 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) Citation Source image

In this subject taken from ancient Greco-Roman mythology, the beautiful hunter Adonis, mortally wounded by a wild boar, is mourned by his lover Venus, goddess of love. The tragedy is rendered with great delicacy and concentrates on the intimate moment of the last farewell. Hei...

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Liddell family, Ravensworth Castle, Durham; Albert, 4th Earl Grey [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jacques Seligmann, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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