The death of Adonis by Maerten de Vos (1575) | Artnap

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Painting of a dying youth held by a woman in red beside a cupid, swans, hunting dogs, and a wooded landscape.

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A reclining nude youth lies across the lap of a woman in a red drape while a cupid with wings stands beside them. Two white swans, a chariot, and two hunting dogs with a hunting spear sit in a wooded landscape with a castle on the distant hill.

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1575

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