Metamorfose van Adonis, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 - 1638 print The dead body of Adonis lies on the ground. Venus, on a car drawn by two pigeons, transforms his blood (in a flower). Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching Adonis' blood changed into an anemone or a rose: when Adonis is slain by a boar, Venus changes his blood into an anemone or a rose (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 735)

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