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Venus and Adonis by Georg Raphael Donner (Austrian, 1693–1741) — VisualArtsDB

Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis

Georg Raphael Donner (Austrian, 1693–1741)

1745–1765

Medium: lead
Dimensions: Overall: 20.6 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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European Painting and Sculpture

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Austria, Vienna

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Venus, the goddess of love, fell in love with the mortal Adonis. Here she urges him not to pursue the dangerous sport of hunting boar, advice he ignored, eventually leading to his death.