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Description: | The painting depicts the moment when Venus, who has been smitten by an infatuation with the youth Adonis after one of her son Cupid's arrows accidentally grazed her breast, attempts to stop him leaving on his hunt. Born from the incestuous union of Cinyras and his daughter Myrrha, Adonis was renowned as the epitome of male beauty, but he had a terrible fate in store, which Venus knew of and is attempting here to prevent. Sure enough, after leaving her side in pursuit of a wild boar, Adonis was attacked by the beast and killed. | Subjects: | mythology (Venus and Adonis) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Veronese, Paolo (Italian painter and draftsman, 1528-1588) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8319... | Go to resource |
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