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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH-CENTURY
Venus Warning Adonis Against Hunting Dangerous Animals.
Pen and brown ink and wash on cream laid paper mounted on blue laid paper. 168x227 mm; 6 5/8x9 inches.
According to Bulfinch, "Having given [Adonis] this warning, [Venus] mounted her chariot drawn by swans, and drove away through the air. But Adonis was too noble to heed such counsels. The dogs had roused a wild boar from his lair, and the youth threw his spear and wounded the animal with a sidelong stroke. The beast drew out the weapon with his jaws, and rushed after Adonis, who turned and ran; but the boar overtook him, and buried his tusks in his side, and stretched him dying upon the plain."
Pen and brown ink and wash on cream laid paper mounted on blue laid paper. 168x227 mm; 6 5/8x9 inches.
According to Bulfinch, "Having given [Adonis] this warning, [Venus] mounted her chariot drawn by swans, and drove away through the air. But Adonis was too noble to heed such counsels. The dogs had roused a wild boar from his lair, and the youth threw his spear and wounded the animal with a sidelong stroke. The beast drew out the weapon with his jaws, and rushed after Adonis, who turned and ran; but the boar overtook him, and buried his tusks in his side, and stretched him dying upon the plain."
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