Venus and Adonis, Ferdinand Bol, 1657 - 1660

Title(s)

Venus and Adonis

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-4823

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘FBol’

Description

Venus en Adonis. De halfnaakte Venus en Cupido proberen Adonis te beletten op jacht te gaan. Rechtsonder twee witte duiven. De pijlenkoker van Adonis hangt aan de boom. Adonis heeft twee jachthonden bij zich.

Artist

• painter: Ferdinand Bol

Dating

1657 - 1660

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

h 168 cm × w 230 cm
d 6 cm

What

• Venus trying to prevent Adonis from going hunting

When

• 1660 - 1680

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

Acquisition

1983

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Art and allegiance in the Dutch Golden Age : the ambitions of a wealthy widow in a painted chamber by Ferdinand Bol, Margriet Henritha van Eikema Hommes, p. 74 (afb.); p. 79, afb. 77
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, Cornelius Joannes de Bruyn Kops, Wim A.P. Hoeben, Hendrik Willem van Os, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 44
• The impact of a genius : Rembrandt, his pupils and followers in the seventeenth century : paintings from museums and private collections, Albert Blankert, cat.nr. 9
• Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680) : Rembrandt's pupil, Albert Blankert, Ina Rike
• ‘Keuze uit de aanwinsten’, Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 32 (1984), p. 28, afb. 1.