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Impressionism
Landscape with Venus and Adonis
Venus tries to hold back Adonis in a woodland scene, set among Germanic buildings rather than a classical backdrop.
CHF 59.00
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About this artwork
Venus, the goddess of love, pleads with her mortal lover Adonis not to go hunting the boar that will eventually kill him, and she does not succeed. Gillis van Coninxloo places this small drama in the foreground of a broad landscape, with Germanic architecture instead of a classical setting. It was painted in the 1580s in oil on copper, in the Netherlands. Woodlands were still a fairly new subject in European painting at the time, and this work anticipates the fully forested landscapes that became established in the 1600s.
On your wall: Its woodland setting and mythological story suit a study, library or quiet sitting room where there is time to look closely and follow the scene.
- Title
- Landscape with Venus and Adonis
- Artist
- Gillis van Coninxloo
- Style
- Impressionism
- Shape
- Landscape
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
About Gillis van Coninxloo
Gillis van Coninxloo was a Flemish landscape painter who began his career in Antwerp. He spent the last twenty years of his life working abroad, first in Germany and then in the Dutch Republic. Around the turn of the 17th century, he helped shape Northern landscape art, particularly through his development of the forest landscape.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
Delivery and returns
Every canvas is printed to order by our partner in Germany: framed canvases arrive in 6–11 working days, unframed ones in 7–12 working days. Delivery is free in Switzerland on orders from CHF 99. We also deliver to the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and many more countries, printed close to you where possible. You can return an undamaged canvas within 14 days. See delivery and returns.
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