The Death of Adonis is a 1700-1710 marble sculpture by Giuseppe Mazzuoli, now in the Hermitage Museum.[2] The tale of the death of Adonis comes from Ovid's Metamorphoses and tells of the handsome youth, beloved of the goddess Venus, who died whilst out hunting boar. It entered in the Hermitage in 1923; formerly in the Musin-Pushkin collection.[3]

The Death of Adonis
Artist	Giuseppe Mazzuoli
Year	1710s
Medium	Marble sculpture
Dimensions	193[1]  (??)
Location	Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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[it] Morte di Adone (Mazzuoli)

[ru] Гибель Адониса