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Adonis

Also known as: Adonis; primary name: Adonis
Details: individual; mythological figure/creature; Greek; Roman; Male
Biography: Youthful huntsman; born from the myrrh tree, into which his mother Myrrha (q.v.) had been transformed following a sexual relationship with her own father, Cinyras; much favoured by Aphrodite/Venus (q.v.); he was fatally wounded by a wild boar and, at his death, the goddess transformed him into a flower.

320 related objects

acorn lekythos

Museum number: 1888,0601.716 |
Cultures/periods: AtticClassical Greek |
Production date: 400BC-380BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cemetery (Naukratis)

artist book

Title: Colour-light,shadow of speech; speech-light, shadow of colour |
Museum number: 2017,6006.1 |
Producer name: BIOG9483 Made by:Dia al-Azzawi |
Production date: 2000

bracelet

Museum number: 1978,1002.544 |
Producer name: After:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Augsburg

bust

Museum number: 1805,0703.78 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: AD 1 - 160 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Villa Montalte (archaic)

cameo

Museum number: 1923,0401.1106 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC

cameo; finger-ring

Museum number: 1824,0301.28 |
Production date: 16thC

disc

Museum number: OA.6665 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval

draughts-piece

Museum number: OA.2453 |
Production place: Case made in:Germany

drawing

Museum number: Pp,4.75 |
Producer name: BIOG42518 After:Nicolas Poussin |
Production date: 1593-1665

drawing

Museum number: 2010,5006.202 |
Producer name: BIOG145904 Drawn by:Antonio Tendi |
Production date: 1768-1805

drawing

Museum number: 2010,5006.189 |
Producer name: BIOG22462 Attributed to:William Chambers |
Production date: 1768-1805

drawing; offset

Museum number: Pp,5.135 |
Producer name: BIOG38514 Drawn by:Francisque Millet |
Production date: 1657-1679

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.9 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699-1716

drawing

Museum number: T,5.38 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Luca Cambiaso |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: T,5.31 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.30 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1488 |
Producer name: BIOG50013 After:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1590-1649

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.168 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650-1655

drawing

Museum number: 2010,5006.1463 |
Producer name: BIOG40280 Drawn by:Joseph Nollekens |
Production date: 1768 - 1805

drawing

Museum number: T,12.71 |
Producer name: BIOG28545 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Gaulli |
Production date: 1698

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0306.4 |
Producer name: BIOG33532 Drawn by:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1771

drawing; print study

Museum number: Oo,3.13 |
Producer name: BIOG50838 Drawn by:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1799

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.210 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; fan

Museum number: 1848,1008.2 |
Production date: mid 18thC

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.64 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699-1716

drawing; fan

Museum number: 1948,1009.2 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1740-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1875,0814.2475 |
Producer name: BIOG46894 Drawn by:Hans Speckaert |
Production date: 1530-1577

drawing

Museum number: 1981,1003.14 |
Producer name: BIOG48595 Drawn by:Santi di Tito |
Production date: 1553-1603

drawing; album

Museum number: 2010,5006.1878.25 |
Production date: 1768-1805

drawing

Museum number: 2010,5006.140 |
Producer name: BIOG46401 Drawn by:Archibald Skirving |
Production date: 1795

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.697 |
Producer name: BIOG17004 Drawn by:Francesco Albani |
Production date: 1593-1660

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1064 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peter Paul RubensFormerly attributed to:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1592-1640

drawing

Museum number: T,13.32 |
Producer name: BIOG45320 Circle/School of:Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone |
Production date: 1537-1563

drawing

Museum number: 1865,0610.1367 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1718

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.107 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699-1716

figure

Museum number: SLMisc.168 |
Producer name: BIOG26884 Attributed to:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1630-1640

hydria

Museum number: 1856,1001.16 |
Producer name: BIOG57202 Attributed to:The Apollonia Group |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 360BC-350BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyrenaica (modern)

intaglio; finger-ring

Museum number: 1913,0307.209 |
Production date: 18thC

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.134 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.143 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

lekythos

Museum number: 1867,0508.1192 |
Producer name: BIOG60653 Painted by:The Suckling Painter |
Cultures/periods: x109520 Apulian (Greek) |
Production date: 365BC-350BC |
Production place: Made in:Apulia (region - archaic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Puglia

lekythos

Museum number: 1867,0508.1193 |
Producer name: BIOG57978 Painted by:The Darius Painter |
Cultures/periods: x109520 Apulian (Greek) |
Production date: 340BC-320BC |
Production place: Made in:Apulia (region - archaic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Puglia

medal

Museum number: WITT.312 |
Production date: 1732-1836 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; electrotype

Museum number: WITT.313 |
Production date: 1732-1836 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.8324 |
Production date: 1739 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; electrotype

Museum number: WITT.314 |
Production date: 1732-1836 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

mirror

Museum number: 1873,0820.110 |
Cultures/periods: x13873 Etruscan |
Production date: 480BC-460BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Chiusi

mirror

Museum number: 1814,0704.966 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 450BC-400BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

pelike

Museum number: 1867,0508.1280 |
Producer name: BIOG60945 Painted by:The Varrese Painter |
Cultures/periods: x109520 Apulian (Greek) |
Production date: 360BC-330BC |
Production place: Made in:Apulia (region - archaic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Basilicata

pelike

Museum number: 1772,0320.23 |
Producer name: BIOG153066 Painted by:V and A Group |
Cultures/periods: x109520 Apulian (Greek) |
Production date: 365BC-355BC |
Production place: Made in:Apulia (region - archaic)

pelike

Museum number: 1867,0508.1321 |
Producer name: BIOG153071 Painted by:The Judgement Group |
Cultures/periods: x109520 Apulian (Greek) |
Production date: 380BC-350BC |
Production place: Made in:Apulia (region - archaic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Puglia

pendant

Museum number: MG.995 |
Production date: 1739

pendant

Museum number: MG.997 |
Production date: 1822 1826

phiale

Museum number: 1836,0224.152 |
Producer name: BIOG58880 Attributed to:The Iliupersis Painter |
Cultures/periods: x109520 Apulian (Greek) |
Production date: 370BC-350BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Basilicata

plaquette

Museum number: SLSeals.131 |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Germany

print

Museum number: U,1.198 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luigi ScaramucciaAfter:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1655

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1297 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Simon LempereurAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1750-1757

print

Museum number: 1891,1116.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean LepautrePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1633-1682

print

Title: Venus pleurant Adonis Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.706 |
Producer name: After:Caspar NetscherPrint made by:Claude Niquet |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Museum number: U,11.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne BaudetAfter:Francesco Albani |
Production date: 1672

print

Title: L'Empire de Flore |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1279 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girard AudranAfter:Nicolas Poussin |
Production date: 1660-1703

print

Title: The Loves of the Gods |
Museum number: 1847,1009.7 |
Producer name: BIOG20134 Print made by:Giulio Bonasone |
Production date: 1531-1576

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1711 |
Producer name: BIOG35201 Print made by:Sébastien Leclerc I |
Production date: 1678

print

Museum number: R,8.116 |
Producer name: BIOG34427 Print made by:Laurent de la Hyre |
Production date: 1625-1630

print

Title: Venus and Adonis |
Museum number: 1864,1114.457 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Nicolas Poussin |
Production date: 1766

print

Title: The National Gallery of Pictures by the Great Masters |
Museum number: 1885,0411.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Younger)After:Titian |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: Venus & Adonis |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3008 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Richard Cosway |
Production date: 1778

print

Title: Episodes from Ovid's Metamorphoses |
Museum number: 1875,0710.527 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1572

print

Title: Vénus et Adonis |
Museum number: 1882,0211.557 |
Producer name: After:Pierre Paul Prud'honPrint made by:Jules Léopold Boilly |
Production date: 1845

print

Museum number: W,3.182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Luca Penni |
Production date: 1545-1547

print

Museum number: F,1.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham de BruynAfter:Frans Floris |
Production date: 1569

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5360 |
Producer name: Print made by:Willem PanneelsAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1631

print

Title: Vénus et Adonis Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1891,0414.865 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Antoine Claude François Villerey |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Six landscapes with the story of Adonis |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.2281 |
Producer name: Print made by:Herman van SwaneveltPublished by:Herman van Swanevelt |
Production date: 1654 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: L'Empire de Flore |
Museum number: 1888,1217.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girard AudranAfter:Nicolas Poussin |
Production date: 1660-1703 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Venus en Adonis |
Museum number: 1857,0613.637 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Nicolaas Pieneman |
Production date: 1828

print

Title: L'Empire de Flore |
Museum number: U,8.17 |
Producer name: After:Nicolas PoussinPrint made by:Girard Audran |
Production date: 1660-1703 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Six landscapes with the story of Adonis |
Museum number: F,2.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Herman van SwaneveltPublished by:Herman van Swanevelt |
Production date: 1654 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: X,1.95 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael Sadeler IIAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1610

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.109 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1638 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: The Story of Adonis |
Museum number: F,1.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort |
Production date: 1579

print; title-page

Museum number: 1901,1014.90 |
Producer name: BIOG49276 Print made by:Francesco Valegio |
Production date: 1623 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1972,U.226.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro Santi BartoliPrint made by:Francesco Bartoli |
Production date: 1706 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Venus et Adonis |
Museum number: 1880,0612.379 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaIntermediary draughtsman:Gallier |
Production date: 1780-1837 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1884,0726.108 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne BaudetAfter:Francesco Albani |
Production date: 1672 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Roman frescos of the Villa Negroni |
Museum number: 1940,0726.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelo CampanellaAfter:Anton von Maron |
Production date: 1779

print

Title: Adonis in Inferis |
Museum number: I,8.98 |
Producer name: After:François Louis Thomas FranciaPrint made by:John Greig |
Production date: 1811

print

Title: Roman frescos of the Villa Negroni |
Museum number: 1940,0726.2 |
Producer name: After:Anton Raphael MengsPrint made by:Angelo Campanella |
Production date: 1778

print

Title: Venere assistita dalle Grazie che dissuade Adone dalla caccia |
Museum number: 1900,0827.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuseppe ClunyIntermediary draughtsman:Lodovico Mirri |
Production date: 1802

print

Title: Apollo, o Adone |
Museum number: 1927,0912.6.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:(Giovanni) Antonio FaldoniAfter:Antonio Maria Zanetti II |
Production date: 1743 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Venus y Adonis Colección litográfica de cuadros del rey de España |
Museum number: 1858,1009.366 |
Producer name: Print made by:Florentin DecraeneAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1826-1832 |
Production place: Published in:Madrid (city)

print

Museum number: 1927,0912.6.45 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1743 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1719 |
Producer name: BIOG35201 Print made by:Sébastien Leclerc I |
Production date: 1678

print

Museum number: 1951,0407.78 |
Producer name: After:Francesco SalviatiPublished by:Antoine Lafréry |
Production date: 1544

print

Museum number: 1845,0825.741 |
Producer name: BIOG39204 Print made by:Benedetto Montagna |
Production date: 1515-1517

print; album

Title: Opus Typochromaticum |
Museum number: 1871,1209.5044 |
Producer name: BIOG48235 Published by:Johannes Teyler |
Production date: 1688-1700

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1878,0713.4363 |
Producer name: BIOG48500 After:John Thurston |
Production date: 1789-1822

print

Title: Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l'eau forte d'ap Cabinet Jabach |
Museum number: 1922,0501.1.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel Corneille IIAfter:Domenichino |
Production date: 1666-1695

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1718 |
Producer name: BIOG35201 Print made by:Sébastien Leclerc I |
Production date: 1678

print

Title: Six landscapes with the story of Adonis |
Museum number: 1878,0112.298 |
Producer name: BIOG47830 Print made by:Herman van Swanevelt |
Production date: 1654