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Venus lamenting the death of Adonis

Drawing
ca.1650 - 1682 (made)
Artist/Maker
Berrettoni, Niccolò (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Venus lamenting the death of Adonis, whose body she has just discovered stretched on the ground and guarded by his dogs; An oblong oval; Pen and bistre, washed.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleVenus lamenting the death of Adonis
Materials and techniques
Pen and bistre, washed
Pen
Bistre
Drawing
Wash Technique
Brief description
Berrettoni, Niccolò; Venus lamenting the death of Adonis, whose body she has just discovered stretched on the ground and guarded by his dogs; An oblong oval; Pen and bistre, washed; Italian; ca.1650 - 1682.
Physical description
Venus lamenting the death of Adonis, whose body she has just discovered stretched on the ground and guarded by his dogs; An oblong oval; Pen and bistre, washed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8in
  • Width: 13.4in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Death
Dogs
Venus
Adonis
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, pp.24-25, cat. n. 634, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: BERRETONI, NICCOLO (1637-82) 634 Venus lamenting the death of Adonis Dyce 208 Inscribed on the mount in John Barnard’s hand ‘N. Berretoni’; on the back in the same hand a quotation from Ovid and the number ‘350’ Pen and ink and wash Within an oval 99 5/8 x 13 3/8 (245 x 339) PROVENANCE J. Barnard (Lugt 1419 and 1420); W. Roscoe (sale, Winstanley, Liverpool, 25 September 1816, lot 217); W. Esdaile (Lugt 2617; sale Christie's, 19 June 1840, lot 324); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 208 (as by Berretoni) The attribution recorded by Barnard is uncertain. Little is known about Berretoni's drawings. The drawing shows a strong influence of Maratta, whose pupil Berretoni was. See the drawings by Berretoni at Diisseldorf in Budde, 1930, pl, 41, no. 286, and in the exhibition catalogue Meisterzeichnungen der Sammlung Lambert Krahe, Diisseldorf (Kunstmuseum), 1969-70, pl. 78, no. 93. See also pl. 49, no. 92 in the same catalogue and the two drawings reproduced in Anthony Clark, 'Lost frescoes by Berretoni' in the Connoisseur, 148, 1961, pp. 190-93.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.208

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2009
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