Object Description
389 Series: TWENTY-FOUR SCENES FROM OVID'S METAMORPHOSES
O. VENUS AND ADONIS (Met. 10, 555-59)
Venus and Adonis sit in an embrace under a tree, somewhat to the left. Venus is nude, only her lap is covered. Adonis is attired as a hunter, with a small hunting horn at his belt. To the left, a dog; to the right, two others.
Bronze, gilt, 73 x 128 mm.
Other specimens: (bronze, gilt) Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum; Molinari Collection, Acc. no. 1967.16.14 (this specimen is an aftercast, cut off on the right, gilding badly worn, 70 x no mm.).
Bibl.: Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Katalog Europaisches Kunsthandwerk, 1970, no. 52; Weber, no. 860, 16.
