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Venus and the Dead Adonis
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Venus and the Dead Adonis

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio · 1515 - 1565 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Naked Venus crouches beside the dead body of Adonis. To the right stands Amor. In the lower margin an Italian verse in two columns.

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Credit lineVenus en dode Adonis. 1515 - 1565. Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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