The Death of Adonis Mors Adonidis (title object) Marble relief of Antonio Canova (located in Possagno), with the idea of Venus, accompanied by complaining erotes, mourns the dead Adonis. Adonis was slain by the boar lies prostrate. Venus plunges from the sky down to the dead body of her lover. The show is an almost literal rendering of the corpse complaint on the Death of Adonis by the ancient Greek poet Bion. According to Bion elegie taking the blood of Adonis roses forth, which are presented here on both sides of his body. He is in sheets gewikkeld. Manufacturer : printmaker: Giovanni Mart
The Death of Adonis Mors Adonidis (title object) Marble relief of Antonio Canova (located in Possagno), with the idea of Venus, accompanied by complaining erotes, mourns the dead Adonis. Adonis was slain by the boar lies prostrate. Venus plunges from the sky down to the dead body of her lover. The show is an almost literal rendering of the corpse complaint on the Death of Adonis by the ancient Greek poet Bion. According to Bion elegie taking the blood of Adonis roses forth, which are presented here on both sides of his body. He is in sheets gewikkeld. Manufacturer : printmaker: Giovanni Martino dei Boni (listed property) to drawing: Giovanni Martino dei Boni (listed building), designed by Antonio Canova (listed property) Place manufacture: printmaker: Rome in drawing: Rome to design: Italy Date: 1800 Physical characteristics: etching, dotted work and engra material: paper Technique: etching / dotted engra dimensions: plate edge: h 515 mm × W 793 mm Subject: Adonis' blood changed into an anemone or a rose: when Adonis slain by a boar, Venus changes his blood into an anemone or a rose (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 735) death of Adonis: he was killed by a boar
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