Rome, Villa Farnesina, The Hall of Perspectives: the ample frieze with mythological scenes inspired by the Ovid Metamorphoses. Detail with Venus and Adonis. She is removing a thorn from her foot while Adonis is lying dead, killed by a wild boar. Frescoes by Baldassarre Peruzzi (1517-8).
Rome, Villa Farnesina, The Hall of Perspectives: the ample frieze with mythological scenes inspired by the Ovid Metamorphoses. Detail with Venus and Adonis. She is removing a thorn from her foot while Adonis is lying dead, killed by a wild boar. Frescoes by Baldassarre Peruzzi (1517-8).