03 — ARTWORK
Venus and Adonis
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 134 x 191 cm
- TYPE
- Mythological
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 1500 × 1043 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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The tale of Venus and Adonis is related in the ancient poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Here the goddess Venus tries in vain to persuade her mortal lover Adonis to refrain from taking part in the dangerous hunt, but in the background we see Adonis having been slain during the hunt.
This painting is regarded as one of Bloemaert's masterpieces. The harmony, the intensity of the colours, and the lustre of the classicalRelating to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome (classical Antiquity). The classical world played a profoundly important role in the Renaissance, with Italian scholars, writers, and artists seeing their own period as the rebirth (the "renaissance") of classical values after the Middle Ages. The classical world was considered the golden age for the arts, literature, philosophy, and politics. Concepts of the classical, however, changed greatly from one period to the next. Roman literature provided the starting point in the 14th century, scholars patiently finding, editing and translating a wide range of texts. In the 15th century Greek literature, philosophy and art - together with the close study of the remains of Roman buildings and sculptures-expanded the concept of the classical and ensured it remained a vital source of ideas and inspiration. figures against the contrasting landscape behind it testifies to the quality and longevity. In creating the composition, Bloemaert could look for inspiration in great artists such as Titian and Rubens, who had already painted the motif.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Venus and Adonis by BLOEMAERT, Abraham},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500/venus-and-adonis-r16e933412d4432},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
