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Venus and Adonis, a classical myth, was a common subject for art during the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Some works which have been titled Venus and Adonis are:
Literary works
- Venus and Adonis, a mythological episode from Book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and the inspiration for many of the following works
- Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem), a poem by William Shakespeare
- Venus and Adonis (opera), an opera by John Blow
- Venus and Adonis (Constable poem), a poem by Henry Constable
- Vénus et Adonis, an opera by Henry Desmarest
- Venus und Adonis, an opera by Hans Werner Henze
Paintings
- A series of paintings by Titian:
- Venus and Adonis (Titian, Madrid) (1553)
- Venus and Adonis (Titian, London) (1555)
- Venus and Adonis (Titian, Malibu) (c. 1555–1560)
- Venus and Adonis (Titian, Oxford) (c. 1560)
- Venus and Adonis (Titian, Rome) (c. 1560)
- Venus and Adonis (Titian, New York) (c. 1560)
- Venus and Adonis (Titian, Washington) (c. 1560)
- Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Augsburg) (1562)
- Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Madrid) (1580)
See also
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