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Venus and Adonis
Georg Raphael Donner (Austrian, 1693-1741)mid-1700s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Venus, the goddess of love, fell in love with the mortal Adonis. Here she urges him not to pursue the dangerous sport of hunting boar, advice he ignored, eventually leading to his death.
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- Title: Venus and Adonis
- Creator: Georg Raphael Donner (Austrian, 1693-1741)
- Date Created: mid-1700s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 20.6 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: Gordon Balderston (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.198
- Medium: lead
- Inscriptions: inscribed in ink on top edge: 299.2.US [?] A [?].
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Austria, Vienna, 18th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1987.198
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