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| Keywords: Francesco Fanelli - The Dream of Adonis - Walters 54444.jpg A youthful inhabitant of the woodlands of mythical Arcadia in ancient Greece has dozed off after the exertions of the hunt At his feet are his hunting dog and his catch a dead boar This lyrical piece is of a type inspired by the pastoral poetry of Greek and Roman antiquity revived during the Renaissance that described an idyllic existence in an idealized landscape inhabited by nymphs and shepherds In The Metamorphoses by the Roman writer Ovid 43 BC-AD 17 Adonis was a handsome mortal youth renowned for his courage as a hunter of wild boar and beloved by Venus Venus urged her lover not to hunt such a ferocious animal but he dismissed her concerns only to be killed by one shortly thereafter between 1630 1639 Baroque bronze cm 9 accession number 54 444 4749 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Francesco Fanelli Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
