Adonis Carried Off by Venus
Date1791
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint, etching
DimensionsOverall: 21 in. x 25 1/4 in. (53.34 cm x 64.14 cm)
Other (plate): 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
Other (image): 17 in. x 23 in. (43.18 cm x 58.42 cm)
Credit LineAcquired through the generosity of James C. Rees, President of Mount Vernon, in memory of Helen Haunschild, 2011
Object numberM-4953
DescriptionThis print is a neoclassical scene of mythological figures in an idealized pastoral landscape.MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "Swanevelt Pinxt.".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "John Browne Sculpsit.".
Printed in ink below the image, centered: "Adonis Carried off by Venus / In the Collection of his Majesty. / Diana after having taken Adonis to exercise him in Hunting, is found asleep by Venus, who carries off Adonis. / Publish'd May 2d. 1791 by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall London".
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1773
1840-1860
1800-1805
