Venus Mourning the Death of Adonis

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Matthijs Cock (after)
,
Hieronymus Cock (publisher)

Date

ca. 1551 - 1558

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
This landscape with hunting scenes shows Adonis being killed by a boar on the right. In the centre are Venus and Amor mourning the dead Adonis. The print is part of a series of 13 landscapes with Biblical and mythological scenes.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Matthijs Cock , Hieronymus Cock VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 222 x 304 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-O
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, (story of) Venus (Aphrodite) Iconclass, (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) Iconclass, (story of) Adonis Iconclass, death of Adonis: he is killed by a boar Iconclass, Venus mourning Adonis Iconclass, hoofed animals (WILD BOAR) Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, mourning the dead Iconclass, tears Iconclass, weeping Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, lying figure Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass, boar-hunting Iconclass, trees Iconclass, shrubs Iconclass, rocks Iconclass, horse Iconclass, riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass, ass, donkey Iconclass, dog Iconclass, hunting dogs Iconclass, four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach Iconclass, hay-wagon Iconclass, harvest Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, river Iconclass, ships (in general) Iconclass, boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass, sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass, landscape with tower or castle Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-O
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11753/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-O
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