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Jan 20, 2010
Venus and Adonis
Venus and Adonis
mid-1700s
follower of Georg Raphael Donner
(Austrian, 1693–1741)
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Overall: 20.6 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.198
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Venus, the goddess of love, fell in love with the mortal Adonis. Here she urges him not to pursue the dangerous sport of hunting boar, advice he ignored, eventually leading to his death.
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