# Venus and Adonis, in The 16th century

Titian painted this in the 1550s, aged about 62. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1550s
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 42 x 52 1/2 in. (106.7 x 133.4 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.7.16
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Titian](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/titian), Italian, c. 1488–1576

2 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Titian's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-titian?hang=749) (8 works)
- [More Italian Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-renaissance?hang=749) (61 works)
- [16th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-italy?hang=749) (66 works)

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