FRENCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
FRENCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

The Birth of Adonis

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FRENCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
The Birth of Adonis
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, squared for transfer in chalk and indented, brown ink framing lines
24.7 x 30.5 cm (10 3⁄4 x 12 in.)

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Stefano Franceschi
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The Birth of Adonis is a much less common subject than the young God's death. In his early years, Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) illustrated the subject for the poet Giovanni Battista Marino (Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, inv. RCIN 911933). In this drawing, which follows Ovid's description (Metamorphoses, X, 476ff), the focus is on the Naiads receiving the child, while another nymph holds a vessel to catch the tears of Myrrha, Adonis's mother, already transformed into a tree at the left.

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