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Venus and Adonis
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| Venus and Adonis | | "'Vilia Miretur Vulgus;" |
'Vilia miretur vulgus; mihi flavus Apollo
Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.'
| Venus and Adonis | | "Holding Their Course to Paphos, Where Their Queen, Means to Immure Herself and Not Be Seen." |
Thus weary of the world, away she hies,
And yokes her silver doves; by whose swift aid
Their mistress mounted through the empty skies
In her light chariot quickly is convey'd;
Holding their course to Paphos, where their queen
Means to immure herself and not be seen.
| Titian | | Venus and Adonis |
1553, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain