Venus und Adonis Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Peter Paul Rubens – Venus und Adonis
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Painter: Peter Paul Rubens
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"Venus and Adonis" has its roots in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which tells the story of the first mortal who became Venus’ lover. Adonis was a young hunter, and Venus, when she was with him, often warned him about how dangerous it could be for him. But the young man didn’t listen to the goddess’s warnings and everything ended tragically - on one of the hunts he was mauled to death by a wild boar. Shakespeare wrote a play based on this story, in which he changed the plot slightly.
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Description of Peter Rubens’ painting Venus and Adonis
"Venus and Adonis" has its roots in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which tells the story of the first mortal who became Venus’ lover. Adonis was a young hunter, and Venus, when she was with him, often warned him about how dangerous it could be for him. But the young man didn’t listen to the goddess’s warnings and everything ended tragically - on one of the hunts he was mauled to death by a wild boar.
Shakespeare wrote a play based on this story, in which he changed the plot slightly. According to his interpretation, Venus offered herself to Adonis, but he was so carried away with the hunt that he didn’t accept her and didn’t listen to her warnings.
Rubens’ painting relates precisely to this altered subject. It shows naked Venus, representing Rubens’ modern ideal of beauty, holding Adonis’ hand. She looks both seductive and pleading - there is so much sensuality in her movement that it looks more like a suggestion than a plea. Adonis looks at her mesmerized, his face dreamy, a little silly, and he himself is an idealized hunter. Muscular, with an embossed body, he holds on to his spear. His leg is hugged by a little cupid, probably serving Venus, and the crossbow has fallen out of his hand.
All seems to be well. No one is going anywhere and a boar with fangs protruding from its mouth is not waiting for the young hunter. But the dogs with feathery sides are already looking back at their master, pulling him after them, and no matter how charming Venus is, it is enough for one of the dogs to bark and Adonis will wake up from her charms.
In his body already lies this future movement - in the hand with which he reaches for the goddess’s thigh, but at the same time prepares to push her away. Not rudely, with regret, but push her away nonetheless.
The tragic denouement is embedded in the pose. And so in the eyes of Venus, in the curve of her lips you can see the longing for the young mortal, who will soon confirm his name and die, despite the fact that she warned him.
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Perhaps it’s a painting of two men and a woman in a wooded area, one of which is holding a staff and the other.