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Lot Essay
A tapestry depicting Meleager handing the head of the Calydonian Boar to Atalanta with identical borders from the property of Grand Duchess Hilda of Baden, was sold Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 18 - 20 February 2003, lot 503.
The beautiful Adonis was helplessly loved by Diana, who had been grazed by Cupid's arrow. One day while out hunting, Adonis was mortally wounded by a boar. Hearing his dying groans Diana, who was flying overhead in her chariot, came down to aid him but it was too late. Where Adonis' blood stained the earth anemones sprouted.
The beautiful Adonis was helplessly loved by Diana, who had been grazed by Cupid's arrow. One day while out hunting, Adonis was mortally wounded by a boar. Hearing his dying groans Diana, who was flying overhead in her chariot, came down to aid him but it was too late. Where Adonis' blood stained the earth anemones sprouted.