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  • Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Engraving by M. Faulte, 1619.
  • Ancient herbalists and scholars of medicinal lore (Galen, Pliny, Hippocrates etc.); and Venus and Adonis in the gardens of Adonis. Woodcut, 1532.
  • Adonis dying in the lap of Venus. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. R. Mengs, 1778.
  • Ancient herbalists and scholars of medicinal lore (Galen, Pliny, Hippocrates etc.); and Venus and Adonis in the gardens of Adonis. Woodcut, 1532.
  • Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Oil painting by a follower of Luigi Garzi.
  • Ancient herbalists and scholars of medicinal lore (Galen, Pliny, Hippocrates etc.); and Venus and Adonis in the gardens of Adonis. Woodcut, 1532.
  • Adonis dying in the lap of Venus. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. R. Mengs, 1778.
  • Adonis setting out on a hunt. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. Maron, 1779.
  • Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1736, after C. Cignani.
  • Ancient herbalists and scholars of medicinal lore (Galen, Pliny, Hippocrates etc.); and Venus and Adonis in the gardens of Adonis. Woodcut, 1532.
  • Nymphs holding the new born Adonis next to a myrrh tree representing Myrrha his mother amidst great rural splendor. Engraving by G. Scotin after F. Boucher.
  • Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Oil painting by a follower of Luigi Garzi.
  • Venus and Adonis. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.
  • Adonis setting out on a hunt. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. Maron, 1779.