Venus and Adonis
around 1620 | Abraham Janssen
While resting under a tree, Venus warns her lover Adonis of the dangers of his passion for hunting wild animals, and tells him the story of Hippomenes and Atalanta whom she once punished by turning into lions. The balanced composition, the smooth, very graphic seeming bodies and the stiff folds of the robes are characteristic for the classical, cool style of Janssens. He left the composition of the landscape to the specialist Jan Wildens, who also worked for Rubens.
While resting under a tree, Venus warns her lover Adonis of the dangers of his passion for hunting wild animals, and tells him the story of Hippomenes and Atalanta whom she once punished by turning into lions. The balanced composition, the smooth, very graphic seeming bodies and the stiff folds of the robes are characteristic for the classical, cool style of Janssens. He left the composition of the landscape to the specialist Jan Wildens, who also worked for Rubens.
Artist:
Abraham Janssen (c.1571/1575 Liège - 1632 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
around 1620
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
200 cm × 240 cm
Framed: 232 cm × 271 cm × 14 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 728
Provenance
1780 Coll. Carl von Lothringen, Brussels; acquired 1780
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