id: 153681 accession number: 1987.198 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.198 updated: 2023-08-23 22:59:33.738000 Venus and Adonis, mid-1700s. Follower of Georg Raphael Donner (Austrian, 1693–1741). Lead; overall: 20.6 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.198 title: Venus and Adonis title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: mid-1700s creation date earliest: 1745 creation date latest: 1765 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Austria, Vienna technique: lead department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Georg Raphael Donner (Austrian, 1693–1741) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 20.6 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: inscribed in ink on top edge: 299.2.US [?] A [?]. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1987 opening date: 1988-02-24T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1988, "Year in Review 1987," Bulletin, 75 (Feb. 1988), p. 65, cat. #20 --- PROVENANCE Gordon Balderston (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Venus, the goddess of love, fell in love with the mortal Adonis. Here she urges him not to pursue the dangerous sport of hunting boar, advice he ignored, eventually leading to his death. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.198/1987.198_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.198/1987.198_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.198/1987.198_full.tif