Venus and Adonis
Georg Raphael Donner
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
Tags
Austria, Vienna
About
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.
