Caravaggio school

Lot 3027 limit € 4.200

oil/canvas lined, three-quarter portrait of the youthful god Cupid (Adonis) with a shirtless upper body leaning against a stone column in front of a fire bowl, in the background a deer's head with mighty antlers, the depiction goes back to the tradition of Ovid and symbolizes the events surrounding the young, inexperienced Cupid (Adonis) in his youthful Beauty falls in love with Venus, but the boyish hunter rejects the love and is then transformed into a stag. The style and execution of the painting with its sensuality, the chiaroscuro dramaturgy and the physicality of the figure point to the Italian masters of the 17th/18th centuries. 19th century, painting verso with spare lining, there old canvas with title note: "Amor ..." and date "1709", framing added later, approx. 102 x 80 cm, with framing approx. 117 x 94 cm