Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British
Title:
An Unfinished Study of Venus and Adonis
Date:
between 1800 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 × 17 3/4 inches (35.6 × 45.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.607
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
hunting | nude | Venus trying to prevent Adonis from going hunting | religious and mythological subject | Classical | unfinished | mountains | angels | study (visual work) | myth
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 214-215, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

English pictures prints and drawings, c. 1650 - c. 1950 , Christie's, London, November 22nd, 1963, p. 28, no. 87, Sales Catalogues (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 53 (v.1), no. 192, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 44 (v.1), no. 169, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1073