Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis, a classical myth, was a common subject for art during the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Some works which have been titled Venus and Adonis are:

Literary works

• Venus and Adonis, a mythological episode from Book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and the inspiration for many of the following works
• Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem), a poem by William Shakespeare
• Venus and Adonis (opera), an opera by John Blow
• Venus and Adonis (Constable poem), a poem by Henry Constable
• Vénus et Adonis, an opera by Henry Desmarest
• Venus und Adonis, an opera by Hans Werner Henze

Paintings

• A series of paintings by Titian:
  • Venus and Adonis (Titian, Madrid) (1553)
  • Venus and Adonis (Titian, London) (1555)
  • Venus and Adonis (Titian, Malibu) (c. 1555–1560)
  • Venus and Adonis (Titian, Oxford) (c. 1560)
  • Venus and Adonis (Titian, Rome) (c. 1560)
  • Venus and Adonis (Titian, New York) (c. 1560)
  • Venus and Adonis (Titian, Washington) (c. 1560)
• Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Augsburg) (1562)
• Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Madrid) (1580)

See also

• Venus (mythology)
• Adonis