Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis may refer to:

Literary works

• "Venus and Adonis", a story from Book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses
• Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)
• Venus and Adonis (Constable poem), a poem by Henry Constable

Operas

• Venus and Adonis (opera), an opera by John Blow
• Vénus et Adonis, an opera by Henry Desmarest
• Venus y Adonis, a pastoral opera by José de Nebra
• Venus und Adonis, an opera by Hans Werner Henze

Paintings

• Venus and Adonis (Titian), of which there are versions from the 1520s onward
• Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Augsburg), 1562
• Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Madrid), 1580
• Venus and Adonis (Poussin), c. 1626
• Venus and Adonis (Rubens, 1614)
• Venus and Adonis (Rubens, 1635)

See also

• Adonis
• The Death of Adonis (Rubens)
• Venus (mythology)
• Venus, Adonis and Cupid, by Annibale Carracci, c. 1595