Venus with Nymphs Mourning over the Dead Adonis

The theme of the unfortunate death of the young hunter and the unfulfilled love of Venus draws on Book X of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and their reflections in modern poetry. Using the classicizing style combined with the stimuli from Albani’s and Poussin’s paintings, Carpioni transformed the tragic ancient myth into an idyllic scene amid fresh natural scenery.