Venus and Adonis by Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1787) | Artnap

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Painting of a nude woman embracing a young spear-holding man beside a hunting dog, with mountains and a river behind them.

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This painting shows a nude woman with blonde hair embracing a young man in a golden tunic and red mantle who holds a spear, while a spotted hunting dog watches at right. A mountain landscape with a river and a distant hunter with dogs fills the background, and two white doves sit near the figures.

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Date

1787

Medium

Print

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

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