In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Venus, the goddess of love, is unsuccessful in dissuading her mortal lover Adonis from hunting the boar that would eventually kill him. The artist nestles this story in the foreground of an expansive view with Germanic architecture, rather than a classical setting. Woodlands were relatively new subjects in European painting and this work points toward the full-blown forested landscapes of the 1600s.
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Herman Saftleven — Imaginary River Landscape
Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682) — Italian Landscape
Joos de Momper (II) — Mountain view
Jan Brueghel the Elder — Wooded Landscape with Abraham and I
Gillis van Coninxloo — Landscape with the Judgement of Paris
Gillis Claesz de Hondecoeter — Rocky Landscape with Deer and
Anton Mirou — Hunter and Horsemen on a Wooded Road, with a V
Frederik van Valckenborch — Mountainous Landscape
Marten Ryckaert — Mining Operations along a River
Kerstiaen de Keuninck — A Mountainous Landscape with a Water
Follower of Pieter Bruegel the Elder — The Temptation of Sai
Herman Saftleven — Rhine Landscape near Boppard