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The Legend of Polydoros or The Forest of Polydorus is a c.1506-1508 oil on panel painting, now in the Musei civici in Padua.[1] It forms a pair with The Birth of Adonis - they both formed part of a cassone and were left to their present home by Emo Capodilista in 1864. Then attributed to Giorgione, they are now generally attributed to Titian, though a few art historians attribute them instead to Romanino.

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The subject is from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Priam ordered his son Polydorus to carry Troy's gold to his step-brother to keep it from the Greeks. At the right of the painting Polydorus is killed en route for the gold, whilst to the left are two women, perhaps Hecuba and a servant. Troy burns in the centre background.

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- [en] The Legend of Polydoros

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[it] Selva di Polidoro

La Selva di Polidoro è un dipinto a olio su tavola (35x162 cm) attribuito a Tiziano, databile al 1506-1508 circa e conservato nei Musei civici di Padova. Fa coppia con la Nascita di Adone nello stesso museo.

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