
Gillis van ConinxlooDutch, 1544–1607Landscape with Venus and Adonis
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
On public display.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Venus, the goddess of love, is unsuccessful in dissuading her mortal lover Adonis from hunting the boar that would eventually kill him. The artist nestles this story in the foreground of an expansive view with Germanic architecture, rather than a classical setting. Woodlands were relatively new subjects in European painting and this work points toward the full-blown forested landscapes of the 1600s.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1962.293
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access







