print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.3165
- Title
- Object: Venus and Adonis
- Description
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Venus, seated nude and seen from behind, clinging to Adonis and looking up at him in an entreating manner, he, to left, dressed for the hunt and with two large dogs, attempting to leave her; Cupid leaning against a branch (?) and holding a dove to right, his quiver lodged in a tree; rays of light breaking through the clouds above hills at left; reversed copy after Titian; proof before letters. c.1762-79
Engraving with etching
- Production date
- 1762-1769
- Dimensions
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Height: 483 millimetres
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Width: 589 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Drawing no. 116 in Strange's catalogue of his collection of paintings and drawings after paintings ('A Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings... ', London, 1769).
The painting is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The pendant to this print is the "Death of Dido", Le Blanc 20.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.3165
