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Venus and Adonis
(1650s)
plate 5 from the Scenes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses series
Medium
etching
Measurements
28.8 × 23.8 cm (image and plate) 30.0 × 25.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Terence Lane, 1987
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 129 iii/iv
Edition
3rd of 4 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: 5 A.W. in. et f.
Accession Number
P12-1987
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Adonis (Greek character) Arcadian landscapes (visual works) cupids dog (species) love (emotion) lovers spears (weapons) Venus (Roman deity)
Movements
Baroque