Venus and Adonis by Paolo Veronese

Venus and Adonis by the Italian late Mannerist artist Paolo Veronese in 1580. It is currently in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. The painting's subject is taken from Ovid. It portrays the hunter Adonis sleeping in the lap of Venus. With her is Eros and two sighthounds, he is portrayed while trying to quench the dog's desire to hunt, as Venus had forecast that Adonis would die during a hunt.

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