Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis, a classical myth, was a common subject for art during the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Some works which have been titled Venus and Adonis are:

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Famous quotes containing the word venus:

    For her own person,
    It beggared all description: she did lie
    In her pavilion—cloth of gold, of tissue—
    O’er-picturing that Venus where we see
    The fancy outwork nature.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)