Scuola Romana (XVII) - Venere e Adone

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Venere e Adone, an oil on panel Baroque painting from XVII century Italy, measuring 64.5 by 54.5 cm, unsigned and attributed to Scuola Romana (XVII).

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An ancient painting depicting Venus and Adonis. This oil-on-panel painting of Venus and Adonis, from a Roman School of the 17th century, tells the tragic love story between the goddess of beauty and a young hunter of otherworldly beauty, born of Cupid's arrow’s sting. Despite Venus’s warnings, Adonis dies during a hunting trip because of a boar (sometimes linked to Ares’s jealousy), transforming into a flower. Size: 64.5 × 54.5 cm.

An ancient painting depicting Venus and Adonis. This oil-on-panel painting of Venus and Adonis, from a Roman School of the 17th century, tells the tragic love story between the goddess of beauty and a young hunter of otherworldly beauty, born of Cupid's arrow’s sting. Despite Venus’s warnings, Adonis dies during a hunting trip because of a boar (sometimes linked to Ares’s jealousy), transforming into a flower. Size: 64.5 × 54.5 cm.

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Artist
Scuola Romana (XVII)
Sold with frame
No
Title of artwork
Venere e Adone
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Not signed
Country of origin
Italy
Condition
Fair condition
Height
64.5 cm
Width
54.5 cm
Style
Baroque
Period
17th century
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