Live Auction 7605Old Master and 19th Century Drawings
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Zelotti (Verona 1526-1578 Mantua)
Lot 14

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Zelotti (Verona 1526-1578 Mantua)

Venus begging Adonis not to go hunting

Closed8 July 2008

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Attributed to Giovanni Battista Zelotti (Verona 1526-1578 Mantua)
Venus begging Adonis not to go hunting
with inscription 'Paolo'
pen and brown ink, brown wash
8 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. (220 x 307 mm.)

Earl Spencer (L. 1530).
W. Mayor (L. 2799), possibly his mount.

Specialist note

Inspired by Veronese's picture of Venus and Adonis in the Augsburg Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, this drawing is possibly a study for Zelotti's picture of the same subject now in the Dresden Gemäldegalerie. An attribution to Carletto Caliari (1570-1596) has also been suggested.