Venus and Adonis (Poussin)
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| Venus and Adonis | |
|---|---|
| French: Vénus et Adonis | |
 The reunited painting | |
| Artist | Nicolas Poussin |
| Year | c. 1626 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 77 cm × 200 cm (30 in × 79 in) |
| Location | Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
Venus and Adonis or View of Grottaferrata with Venus, Adonis and a River Divinity is a c.1626 painting by Nicolas Poussin, now in the Musée Fabre in Montpellier.
It was cut in two in the 18th century, with the larger right-hand part entering the Musée Fabre. The left part ended up with the Patti Birch Trust by 1991, on long-term loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Both halves were displayed together at the Metropolitan and then the Musée Fabre in 2008. At the end of 2009 the Montpellier Agglomération (guardian of the Musée Fabre) used two private donations to purchase the left hand part and thus reunite the painting. The complete painting was then exhibited at Nature et idéal : Le paysage à Rome 1600-1650, a 2011 exhibition in the Grand Palais in Paris.
The painting depicts Venus seducing Adonis under a tree surrounded by putti. To the left a river god pours out a drink for a greyhound. The episode was to end in tragedy when Adonis is gored by a wild boar when hunting the following day, as Venus had fearfully predicted. Her discovery of his dead body was portrayed in Poussin's later work Venus Weeping for Adonis.[1]
References[]
- ^ Deitz, Paula (9 February 2008). "Together at Last: 2 Paintings in a Frame". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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