# Venus and Adonis

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COUWENBERGH, Christiaen van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/couwenbergh-christiaen-van-rb7868bd1842fcb>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 136 x 171 cm

## Commentary

Christian van Couwenbergh was a Delft artist who visited Italy and returned to his native city in 1625 as an uneven Caravaggist. He received commissions from Stadholder Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange.

## Related artworks

- [Diana](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/couwenbergh-christiaen-van-rb7868bd1842fcb/diana-re04d7af9dbf37e>)
- [Kitchen Still-Life with a Boy \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/couwenbergh-christiaen-van-rb7868bd1842fcb/kitchen-still-life-with-a-boy-detail-r144bf9963a44ac>)
- [Kitchen Still-Life with a Boy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/couwenbergh-christiaen-van-rb7868bd1842fcb/kitchen-still-life-with-a-boy-r652f22570d1427>)
- [Nymph and Satyr](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/couwenbergh-christiaen-van-rb7868bd1842fcb/nymph-and-satyr-rf68a63305918ba>)
- [The Capture of Samson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/couwenbergh-christiaen-van-rb7868bd1842fcb/the-capture-of-samson-r3e4d60c20fdc9f>)
- [Three Young White Men and a Black Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/couwenbergh-christiaen-van-rb7868bd1842fcb/three-young-white-men-and-a-black-woman-ra0ab18f1b43804>)
- [Woman with a Basket of Fruit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/couwenbergh-christiaen-van-rb7868bd1842fcb/woman-with-a-basket-of-fruit-rf570906ab38a3a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)