Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Madrid)
Paolo Veronese · 1580
The story
Venus and Adonis is a painting by the Italian late Mannerist artist Paolo Veronese, executed in the early 1580s, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid.
It is an oil on canvas and its dimensions are 162 cm × 191 cm (64 in × 75 in). The original painting was enlarged by 50 cm in the upper border in the 18th century. This added section was removed in a restoration in 1988, so the work recovered its original horizontal format.
- Artist
- Paolo Veronese
- Date
- 1580
- Collection
- Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
- Movement
- Mannerism, Venetian school
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 162 × 191 cm
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