Venus and Adonis, Peter Paul Rubens, probably mid-1630s

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Venus and Adonis, probably mid-1630s, Oil on canvas, With added strips, 77 3/4 x 95 5/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), The subject is from Ovid’s Metamorphoses (completed 8 ). Accidently pricked by one of Cupid’s arrows, Venus fell in love with the handsome hunter Adonis. Rubens shows their leave-taking—a Renaissance embellishment famously depicted by Titian

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Size: 4952px × 4016px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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