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Vénus et Adonis

1550s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 608
Le Titien a exécuté deux versions de cette scène des Métamorphoses d’Ovide : l’une pour Philippe II d’Espagne et l’autre, maintenant disparue, pour la famille Farnese, à Rome. Vénus essaie vainement de dissuader Adonis, son amant mortel, d’aller à la chasse. L’atmosphère empreinte de sensualité ludique fait oublier l’ironie tragique du destin : Adonis sera tué par un sanglier. Les œuvres les plus fortes de la période tardive du Titien, le plus grand peintre de la Renaissance vénitienne, opposent souvent ainsi la sensualité à la cruauté de la mythologie classique.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre:
    Vénus et Adonis
  • Artiste:
    Le Titien (Tiziano Vecellio), Italien, 1485/1490–1576
  • Date:
    Années 1560
  • Technique:
    Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions:
    106,7 x 133,4 cm
  • Crédits:
    The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
  • Accession Number:
    49.7.16
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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