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
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creation date:			mid-1700s
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1765
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Austria, Vienna
technique:	lead
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Georg Raphael Donner (Austrian, 1693–1741)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 20.6 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	inscribed in ink on top edge: 299.2.US [?] A [?].
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1988, "Year in Review 1987," Bulletin, 75 (Feb. 1988), p. 65, cat. #20

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PROVENANCE

	Gordon Balderston (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987.
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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.
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