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De metamorfose van Adonis

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Adonis' blood changed into an anemone or a rose: when Adonis is slain by a boar, Venus changes his blood into an anemone or a rose (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 735)

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The Death of Adonis
Giovanni-Martino dei Boni (mentioned on object), 1800
De metamorfose van Adonis
Antonio Tempesta, 1606 - 1638
De metamorfose van Adonis
Antonio Tempesta, 1606
Venus treurt om Adonis
Virgilius Solis, 1569

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Adonis' blood changed into an anemone or a rose: when Adonis is slain by a boar, Venus changes his blood into an anemone or a rose (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 735)

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