Title: Venus and the Dead Adonis (recto); Sketches of Venus and the Dead Adonis; several sketches of kneeling and standing figures (verso)
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1696–1770
Artist:  Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century 
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Red chalk over graphite or lead underdrawing on light tan laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink over red chalk; graphite or lead (verso)
Dimensions: 10-1/2 x 8-3/4 in.  (26.7 x 22.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Adonis, term: Venus, term: Death