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Framed Print of Landscape with the Story of Venus and Adonis, 1589. Creator: Hans Bol
Landscape with the Story of Venus and Adonis, 1589.
Additional Info: Hans Bol painted this unusual miniature in two parts: the central landscape, painted on parchment mounted on wood, and the framing design, painted directly on wood. Both parts tell the story of the beautiful youth Adonis from Ovid's Metamorphoses'. In the main panel, Venus and Adonis embrace before he leaves on the hunt shown in the distance, in which he is killed by a boar. Clockwise from left, the frame's ovals show subsidiary incidents: Adonis's mother Myrrha commits incest with her father; turned into the myrrh tree as punishment, Myrrha bears their son, Adonis; Venus is struck with love for Adonis; blood springing from the dead Adonis turns into the anemone flower. In the frame, Bol combined the cartouches and trophies of a three-dimensional picture frame with illusionistic borders reminiscent of manuscript illumination. His materials, opaque color and gold paint on parchment, also follow the tradition of manuscript illumination. Heritage Images features heritage image collections. © Heritage Art/Heritage Images
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Media ID 40150829
1580s Adonis Anemone Boar Boar Hunting Bol Hans Border Embrace Embracing Eurasian Wild Pig Hans Bol Incest Love Story Mannerism Mannerist Metamorphoses Narrative Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso Romance Romancing Story Story Telling Storytelling Venus Wild Boar
Modern Frame 14"x12" (36x31cm)
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Wood effect frame, card mounted, 10x8 fade resistant photo print. Overall outside dimensions 14x12 inches (36x31cm). Environmentally and ozone friendly, 40mm wide x 15mm Polycore® moulding has the look of real wood, is durable and light and easy to hang. Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Prints are glazed with lightweight, shatterproof, optical clarity acrylic (providing the same general protection from the environment as glass). The back is stapled hardboard with a sawtooth hanger attached. Note: measurements provided are estimated outer dimensions, which include both the image and the frame. While we aim to keep sizing consistent, exact dimensions may vary slightly due to differences in print size or production requirements, which may result in a variation in the overall size (up to approximately 2.5cm (1"))
These are individually made so all sizes are approximate
Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 24.1cm x 19.3cm (9.5" x 7.6")
Estimated Product Size is 36cm x 31cm (14.2" x 12.2")
