Venus begging Adonis not to go hunting

细节

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Zelotti (Verona 1526-1578 Mantua)
Venus begging Adonis not to go hunting
with inscription 'Paolo'
pen and brown ink, brown wash
8 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. (220 x 307 mm.)

来源

Earl Spencer (L. 1530).
W. Mayor (L. 2799), possibly his mount.

出版

W. Mayor, A brief Chronological Description of a collection of Original Drawings and Sketches by the Old Masters... formed by the late Mr. William Mayor, London, 1871 and 1875, p. 51, no. 226 (as Tiziano Vecellio).

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拍品专文

Inspired by Veronese's picture of Venus and Adonis in the Augsburg Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, this drawing is possibly a study for Zelotti's picture of the same subject now in the Dresden Gemäldegalerie. An attribution to Carletto Caliari (1570-1596) has also been suggested.