DrawingsFrench16th century

Death of Adonis

16th century

Artists

Leonard ThiryArtist

Giovanni Battista di Jacopo called Rosso FiorentinoArtist after

René BoyvinPrevious attribution

Description

The dying Adonis, in the center foreground, is being lifted by winged genii and putti up to the chariot of Venus at the upper right; Venus, in the chariot, is tearing her hair in sorrow; at the upper left a putto is carrying aloft the garments of the wounded Adonis.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on cream card, corners made up

Culture

French

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

irregular: 25.5 x 36 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles Ferdinand Louis, Marquis de Valori-Rustichelli, Paris (his mark, L. 2500); Emile Wauters, Paris (his mark, L. 911); Frederik Muller; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs (by 1920), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965, inv. no. 1965.236

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