Title: Plate 96: Venus and Adonis Embracing (Perditè a Venere adamatur Adonis), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Object type: Print
Date: 1606
Artist:  Antonio Tempesta 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 in. × 4 9/16 in. (10.2 × 11.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Adonis, term: Venus, term: Dogs