The Death of Adonis
ArtistGiuseppe Mazzuoli
Year1710s
MediumMarble sculpture
Dimensions193[1]  (??)
LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Death of Adonis is a 1700-1710 marble sculpture by Giuseppe Mazzuoli, now in the Hermitage Museum.[2] The tale of the death of Adonis comes from Ovid's Metamorphoses and tells of the handsome youth, beloved of the goddess Venus, who died whilst out hunting boar. It entered in the Hermitage in 1923; formerly in the Musin-Pushkin collection.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Death of Adonis". www.hermitagemuseum.org. Hermitage Museum. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Catalogue entry". Archived from the original on 2008-12-08.


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