The Birth of Adonis; Venus enamoured of Adonis; Venus and Adonis hunting; Venus discovers the body of Adonis; The Death of Adonis; and Ablutions over the body of Adonis

The prototypes for this set of six were commissioned by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1657-1712) to hang in the room dedicated to Venus in the Liechtenstein Garden Palace, Vienna (see D. C. Miller, Marcantonio Franceschini and the Liechtensteins, Cambridge, 1991, pp. 79 – 87).