Venus y Adonis

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 608

Tiziano, el mejor pintor del Renacimiento veneciano, produjo dos versiones de esta escena de las Metamorfosis de Ovidio, una para Felipe II de España y la otra, hoy perdida, para la familia Farnesio en Roma. La diosa Venus intenta en vano retener a su amante mortal Adonis, que se dispone a ir a una cacería. El ambiente de juguetona sensualidad esconde una trágica ironía: Adonis está destinado a perecer durante la cacería tras ser atacado por un jabalí. Similares contrastes entre el erotismo y la crueldad de la mitología clásica aparecen en las obras tardías más impactantes de Tiziano.

Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice), Oil on canvas

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Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice), Oil on canvas
Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice), Oil on canvas
Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice), Oil on canvas
Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice), Oil on canvas
Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice), Oil on canvas
Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice), Oil on canvas

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