Venus Mourning the Death of Adonis

mythological

Based in part on Ovid's Metamorphoses, this masterpiece is one of the works that translated into visual terms Giovan Battista Marino's poem "L'Adone" (Adonis), and was painted very soon after the poem's publication in Paris in 1623. Several inspirational sources and quotations can be observed in this canvas, e. g.

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About the Artist

Francesco Furini

1603 – 1646

Florentine painter of biblical and mythological subjects heavy with female nudes, and of single half-length nudes in oppressive bluish tones with strong sfumato. In the 1630s he became a priest and devoted himself to religious works in the manner of Guido Reni.

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