Venus and Adonis
Previously at Rokeby Park.
Recently attributed after restoration; see the articles Miguel Falomir and Paul Joannides "Dánae y Venus y Adonis, las primers “poesías” de Tiziano para Felipe II", Boletín del Museo del Prado, Madrid 2014, p. 48 and Paul Joannides and Jane Shoaf Turner, "Titian’s Rokeby Venus and Adonis and the Role of Working Templates within his Development of the Theme", Studi Tizianeschi, IX, 2016, pp. 48-76
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
WS 306, №121
copy after Titian
Before the chimney, Venus and Adonis (from Whitehall)
Walpole Society reference (1972):
Appraisal:
25-0-0
Sold to:
Mallory
Sold for:
£27
Sale date:
16/11/1649
Identification certainty:
Identified