Bartholomeus SprangerFlemish, 1546–1611Venus and Adonis
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
Rijksmuseum
Room2.1Amsterdam, Netherlands
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Venus, the goddess of love, warns her lover Adonis of the danger of the hunt. In vain, however, for he is killed by a wild boar. On the left, Cupid, the god of love, already gestures in despair. The tall, slender figures with small heads are characteristic of Spranger’s
style. The hilly landscape is ‘old-fashioned’: the artist derived it from an early 16th-century painting.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- SK-A-3888
What it shows
In the catalog
Comings and goings
On view · Room 2.1
Rijksmuseum · Sep 29, 2026 — now · Verified
Whether it was on view is unknown
Rijksmuseum · Unconfirmed
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
![[Heiliger Sebastian, S. Sebastian], Bartholomeus Spranger, 1566–1611](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/spranger-b-v3-5627/max/000001.jpg)
