Sujet
Venus and Adonis, about 1555-1560. Creator: Titian.
Légende
Venus and Adonis, about 1555-1560. Additional Info: The goddess Venus tries to restrain her lover Adonis from going off to the hunt. She clings to him, imploring him not to go, but Adonis looks down at her impassively. His dogs strain at their leashes, echoing his impatience, as detailed in the tragic love story found in Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Cupid sleeps in the background, a symbol of Adonis's resistance to Venus's entreaties, since his ineffective arrows hang uselessly in a tree. The story ends tragically; during the hunt, the mortal Adonis is fatally gored by a wild boar.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM24A63_407
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
56,9Mo (2,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 34,0cm / 4960 x 4012 (300dpi)