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- A composition of Venus and Adonis by the Venetian Renaissance artist Titian has been painted a number of times, by Titian himself, by his studio assistants and by others.
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As noted by Erwin Panofsky, the poem has similarities with Titian's painting, general ones in that Venus has difficulty attracting the very young Adonis, and the specific detail of Venus trying to physically restrain him from going hunting, as in the Titian.
Venus and Adonis. Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) Italian. 1550s. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 608. Tales from Ovid’s Metamorphoses inspired Titian to paint what he called poesie, or poetry in paint. Here, Venus tries to stop her lover from departing for the hunt, fearing—correctly—that he would be killed.
Nov 28, 2022 · Of all the renditons of 'Venus and Adonis' painted by Titian and his workshop, the exceptional example leading December 2022's Old Masters Evening Sale is the most fully realised - breathtaking in its dramatic composition and rich in narrative detail.
Titian’s Venus and Adonis was greatly admired and proved very influential. He made the subject one of the most popular in secular European painting, and also favoured for small bronze sculptural groups.
The painting presents Titian's interpretation of the last meeting of the goddess Venus and her mortal lover Adonis from Book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Cupid, whose arrow accidentally...
Titian painted the first Venus and Adonis, which was lost but is known from the copies that were made of it, at the end of the 1520´s.
Later in his career, Titian turned to the theme in paintings for his most important patrons, such as Philip II of Spain. As often happened in his workshop, variants would then be carried out for others. This is the case in both Venus and the Lute Player and Venus and Adonis .
