Venus and Adonis, probably mid-1630s, Oil on canvas, With added strips, 77 3/4 x 95 5/8 in. (197.5 x 242.9 cm), Paintings, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), The subject is from Ovid’s Metamorphoses (completed 8 A.D). Accidently pricked by one of Cupid’s arrows, Venus fell in love with the handsome hunter Adonis. Rubens shows their leave-taking—a Renaissance embellishment famously depicted by Titian
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Venus, Adonis, mid-1630s, Oil, canvas, added strips, 77 3/4 x 95 5/8, 197.5 242.9 cm, Paintings, Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, Siegen, 1577–1640, Antwerp, subject, Ovid, Metamorphoses, completed 8, D, Accidently pricked, Cupid, arrows, Venus fell, love, handsome hunter, Rubens, leave-taking— Renaissance, embellishment, famously, depicted, Titian
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