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Sculpture of Adonis, Adonis, print, album page, Series number, 9, 98, Classical sculpture of Adonis with a dog beside him and the wild boar that killed him., with a series of prints after the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst., number: '44', printmaker: Hubert Quellinus, Antwerp, printmaker: Gerard de Lairesse, 1646 - 1670, paper, engraving, gravure, height 330 mm x width 201 mm, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, (story of) Adonis, A detailed monochrome engraving shows a standing nude male figure on a rectangular plinth, depicted in a contrapposto pose with weight on one leg and the other slightly bent, holding a small cylindrical object in one hand and raising a narrow trumpet-like object in the other; the figure has short curly hair and finely modeled musculature, with sandals on his feet. Flanking the figure at the base are two animals: one resembling a seated dog with a collar looking upward, and the other a recumbent boar with a textured snout and visible tusks. The background is plain and the image is rendered with fine line shading.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B30_132

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Keywords

Sculpture Adonis print album page Series number 9 98 Classical sculpture dog beside wild boar killed series prints sculptures collection Gerard Reynst number 44 printmaker Hubert Quellinus Antwerp Gerard de Lairesse 1646 - 1670 paper engraving gravure height 330 mm x width 201 mm piece sculpture reproduction story of detailed monochrome engraving standing nude male figure rectangular plinth depicted contrapposto pose weight leg slightly bent holding small cylindrical object hand raising narrow trumpet- object figure short curly hair finely modeled musculature sandals feet Flanking base two animals resembling seated dog collar looking upward recumbent boar textured snout visible tusks background plain image rendered fine line shading