Venus and Adonis

1640s

Simone Cantarini

Associated Names
Simone Cantarini

Artist, Pesarese, 1612 - 1648

The image shows three figures in a natural setting. Two adult figures are seated on a rocky or earthy outcrop. One figure has their back to the viewer, embracing the other figure who is seated facing forward. Both have prominent facial features and detailed hairstyles. A smaller figure resembling a cherub with wings and holding a staff or arrow is positioned near the seated figures. All three figures are unclothed. The scene is surrounded by trees with detailed foliage, and a small sleeping dog is shown in the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.6 × 17.1 cm (4 9/16 × 6 3/4 in.), trimmed within platemark

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 33

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent to Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 33

1980

  • Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Simone Cantarini. Milan, 1980: no. 12, i/ii

1997

  • Massari, Anna Maria Ambrosini Massari et al., Simone Cantarini, detto il Pesarese, 1612 - 1648. Milan, 1997: no. 37, i/ii

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: ?. daXOW / Cantarini / H

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