Venus mourns the death of Adonis, Herman van Swanevelt, 1654 print In a hilly landscape with tree parties, the killed Adonis is depicted on the left in the foreground. He lies on the ground next to his spear and anemones bloom between his legs. Behind him two dogs can be seen and above him Cupido floats, with whom the arrows fall out of his tube. For Adonis, Venus leaves her chariot with waving hair. She holds an object with a spout above her head. Two pigeons fly away next to her. At the bottom the episode in the story is explained in a four -line, French text. paper etching Venus mourning A
Venus mourns the death of Adonis, Herman van Swanevelt, 1654 print In a hilly landscape with tree parties, the killed Adonis is depicted on the left in the foreground. He lies on the ground next to his spear and anemones bloom between his legs. Behind him two dogs can be seen and above him Cupido floats, with whom the arrows fall out of his tube. For Adonis, Venus leaves her chariot with waving hair. She holds an object with a spout above her head. Two pigeons fly away next to her. At the bottom the episode in the story is explained in a four -line, French text. paper etching Venus mourning Adonis
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