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Description: | Signed: yes Description: A female figure with blue drapery, representing Venus, lies back against the knees of the youth, Adonis, in red-brown. She reaches up to place a floral wreath on his head. The child Cupid is seen behind, beckoning to a woodpecker. He stands beside a chariot. To the left are dogs and to the right are doves while all is set against a forest background. The subject is from Ovid, Metamorphoses, X.519ff: The story tells how Cupid, while kissing his mother, Venus, accidentally scratches her breast with an arrow. The next person whom Venus sees is Adonis. She immediately falls in love with him, and leaves Mount Olympus to follow him in his pursuits. Later, Venus warns Adonis to beware of wild beasts, but, ignoring her, he goes hunting and is killed by a wild boar. | Subjects: | mythology (Ovid; Metamorphoses; Venus; Adonis; Cupid); landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Neer, Eglon Hendrik van der (Dutch painter, 1634-1703) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8780... | Go to resource |
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