Adonis Carried Off By Venus
Date1791
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint
DimensionsOverall (M-93/A [Mythological Scene] Dimensions): 20 3/8 in. x 27 1/16 in. (51.75 cm x 68.74 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1936
Object numberM-93/A
DescriptionThis print is an image of Venus claiming Adonis back from Diana in an idealized pastoral scene.Published ReferencesGeorge William Reid, Dyce Collection: A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce, (London: G.E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode, 1874), 274.
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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1790
1840-1860
