Oil on canvas, 77 3/4 × 95 5/8 in. (197.5 × 242.9 cm). A monumental depiction of the mythological scene in which [[Venus]] attempts to prevent her lover [[Adonis]] from departing for the hunt that will prove fatal. Painted probably in the mid-1630s by the [[Flanders|Flemish]] Baroque master. [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York]].