Venus Discovering the Dead Body of Adonis
Trastevere, Gianicolo, Testaccio
- Artist: Lo Spagnoletto
- Location: Venus Discovering the Dead Body of Adonis
- Date: 1637
The painting depicts the final moment in the myth of Adonis, the handsome son of King Cinyras, with whom the goddess Venus fell in love. He was killed by a wild boar during a hunt (Ovid, Metamorphoses). The painting shows the shocked Venus as she finds the bloody, lifeless body of Adonis.
