# Autumn \(Venus and Adonis\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ALBANI, Francesco]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, diameter 154 cm ## Commentary Francesco Albani, an exponent of the classical ideal, chose a format for his four tondos which, in his own words, "softened" his pictorial expression. The subject matter is taken from Philostratus \(Eikones I,6\) who describes the games of cupids throughout the four seasons: throwing apples in spring, the fiery furnace of summer, Venus and Adonis taking their farewell in autumn and sleep in winter. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 11 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/vivaldi\_rv293\_autumn.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Vivaldi: Concerto in F major RV 293 op. 8 No. 3 \(Autumn\)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Adonis Led by Cupids to Venus \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting]() - [Ceiling vault of piano nobile loggia]() - [Diana and Actaeon]() - [Diana and Actaeon]() - [Holy Family]() - [Mercury]() - [Spring \(detail\)]() - [Spring \(Venus at her Toilet\)]() - [Summer \(Venus in Vulcan's Forge\)]() - [The Annunciation]() - [The Cupids Disarmed]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()