Iconography
Further details
Must be read from right to left as was the trend in the middle of the second century. The first scence (right) depicts Adonis bidding farewell to Venus, the second scene portrays the hunting accident of Adonis, and the third illustrates Venus tending the wounds of the dying Adonis.
Artist or creator
Date
1550 - 1555
Location
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Book, text or document (source of image)
Rights and Permissions
This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License
Acknowledgements
Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’
Contact
For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk