Louis XIV (king of France), Paris, Swanevelt, Herman van, Story of Adonis, Venus abducts Adonis, verso lower left - stamped, In a wooded landscape, Venus rides in the left foreground with her hair flowing in a chariot drawn by two doves. In her left arm she holds Adonis and behind her kneels Cupid on the chariot. On the right Diana sleeps among some water nymphs. On the ground lie weapons. At the bottom the episode in the story is explained in a four-line, French text., print, prints, height 254 mm, width 332 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1604 - 1655, print maker, printmaker, 1654 - 1654, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, Frans, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege