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Birth of Adonis
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In a hilly landscape with a river, four water nymphs stand on the right in the foreground beside Myrrha, who has almost completely turned into a myrrh tree. Diana pulls Adonis from the tree, while another, fifth water nymph behind the tree prepares a basket. At the bottom, the episode in the story is explained in a four-line French text.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGeboorte van Adonis. 1654. Herman van Swanevelt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
