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Studio of Marcantonio Franceschini (Bologna 1648-1729)
Lot 190

Studio of Marcantonio Franceschini (Bologna 1648-1729)

The Birth of Adonis; Venus enamoured of Adonis; Venus and Adonis hunting; Venus discovers the body of Adonis; The Death of Adonis; and Ablutions over the body of Adonis

Closed9 December 2015

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Studio of Marcantonio Franceschini (Bologna 1648-1729)
The Birth of Adonis; Venus enamoured of Adonis; Venus and Adonis hunting; Venus discovers the body of Adonis; The Death of Adonis; and Ablutions over the body of Adonis
oil on canvas
58 5/8 x 39 ½ in. (148.9 x 100.4 cm.)
(6)a set of six

Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

Specialist note

The prototypes for this set of six were commissioned by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1657-1712) to hang in the room dedicated to Venus in the Liechtenstein Garden Palace, Vienna (see D. C. Miller, Marcantonio Franceschini and the Liechtensteins, Cambridge, 1991, pp. 79 – 87).