

Bol here painted a scene from Ovidβs Metamorphoses. The goddess of love, Venus, and young Amor, try to deter Adonis from going on a boar hunt. Venus fears for his life. Bol β a pupil of Rembrandt β displays a smooth and bright manner of painting very different from his masterβs darker, coarser style. Bol used it to conjure an idealized image of reality.







