Venus, Adonis and Cupid
XVI century. Pencil, Grey-brown ink, Pencil ground on paper.Not on display
This and nos. D01715, D01716, D01890 and D01899 from the Album were connected by the Suidas with a painting of Venus Restraining Adonis from the Hunt in the Palazzo Bianco, Genoa. The composition shows knowledge of Titian´s famous painting of the subject in the Prado.
Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.270