Venus and Adonis

around 1620, Artist: Abraham Janssen

 

 

Venus and Adonis

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.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Saal XV

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

Flemish

Dated

around 1620

Artist

Abraham Janssen (c.1571/1575 Liège - 1632 Antwerpen) - GND

Jan Wildens (Landschaft) (1586 - 1653 Antwerpen) - GND

Material

Canvas

Dimensions

200 cm × 240 cm
Framed: 232 cm × 271 cm × 14 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 728

Provenance

1780 Coll. Carl von Lothringen, Brussels; acquired 1780

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