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Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Annibale Carracci. Venus, Adonis and Cupid
Museo Nacional del Prado: 19 April - 17 July 2005
In line with its aim of focusing visitor attention on its greatest masterpieces, the Museo del Prado is presenting an exhibition devoted to Venus, Adonis and Cupid by Annibale Carracci. Following its recent restoration, this celebrated canvas by the great Bolognese painter once more reveals a wealth of nuances covered up over time by old repainting and oxidised varnish. The painting depicts the moment when Venus and Adonis meet and fall in love, and will be shown alongside the two paintings by Titian and Veronese that depict other episodes in the same myth narrated by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. Also on display will be four prints and two drawings, whose presence helps to explain the creative process behind this masterpiece. ...
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