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Venus Trying to Retain Adonis, Jacob de Wit, n.d.
Jacob de Wit, portraitJacob de WitDutch, 1695–1754

Venus Trying to Retain Adonis

n.d. · Drawing and Watercolor

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Where is “Venus Trying to Retain Adonis” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

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Accession number
1922.3644

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Drawings & watercolorsPen and inkFlanders

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