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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH-CENTURY Venus Warning Adonis Against Hunting Dangerous Animals.
Pen and brown ink and wash on cream laid paper mounted on blue laid paper. 168x227 mm; 65/8x9 inches.
According to Bulfinch, "Having given [Adonis] this warning, [Venus] mounted her chariot drawn by swans, and drove away through the air. But Adonis was too noble to heed such counsels. The dogs had roused a wild boar from his lair, and the youth threw his spear and wounded the animal with a sidelong stroke. The beast drew out the weapon with his jaws, and rushed after Adonis, who turned and ran; but the boar overtook him, and buried his tusks in his side, and stretched him dying upon the plain."
