Venus And Adonis, By Titian, C. 1555

Venus and Adonis, by Titian, c. 1555, Italian Renaissance painting, oil on canvas. The goddess Venus tries to restrain her lover Adonis from going to a hunt. Scene is based on ancient Roman poet Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', in which the mortal Adonis is fatall (BSLOC_2016_6_1)