# Venus and Adonis [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERONESE, Paolo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 123 x 174 cm ## Commentary Venus and Adonis c. 1562 Oil on canvas, 123 x 174 cm Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg The subject of this painting and the scheme of composition are clearly derived from the mythological and erotic paintings that Titian referred to as his poesie \("poems"\). However, the warm and cheerful palette is entirely Veronese's. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Aged Oriental with a Young Woman]() - [Allegory of Love, I: Infidelity]() - [Allegory of Love, III: Respect]() - [Allegory of Love, IV: Happy Union]() - [Allegory of Wisdom and Strength]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()