Title: Venus pricked by the thorns on a rose bush, in the background Mars chasing Adonis, in the foreground winged cupid resting
Object type: Print
Date: 1556
Artist: After Giorgio Ghisi 
Artist bio: Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 11 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. (30.4 x 21.2 cm) within platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1983
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Cupid, term: Adonis, term: Mars, term: Venus, term: Trees