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Venus and Adonis by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

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Venus and Adonis

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) · 1550s

Artist
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice
Date
1550s
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
42 x 52 1/2 in. (106.7 x 133.4 cm)
Where to see it
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗

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