Venus trying to prevent Adonis from going hunting (fragment), Jan van Bijlert, between 1630 and 1635
From the achterzaal (back room) of nieuwegracht 6 in utrecht, where is served as a wall hanging together with other pieces by ferdinand bol now in the peace palace in the hague and the noordbrabants museum in 's-hertogenbosch. The fragment was cut out of the wall hanging in 1934. According to a museum catalog from 1893 the canvas originally measured 396,5 × 202 cm and was signed ‘jv bijlert fe’. Object Type: painting. Genre: mythological painting. Date: between 1630 and 1635. Place of creation: Utrecht. Dimensions: height: 120.4 cm (47.4 in) ; width: 90.2 cm (35.5 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Centraal Museum. Fragment van een wandbespanning; Venus en Adonis Centraal Museum 2551