Venus and Adonis (Poussin)

Venus and Adonis or View of Grottaferrata with Venus, Adonis and a River Divinity is a c.1626 painting by Nicolas Poussin, now in the Musée Fabre in Montpellier.

It was cut in two in the 18th century, with the larger right-hand part entering the Musée Fabre. The left part ended up with the Patti Birch Trust by 1991, on long-term loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Both halves were displayed together at the Metropolitan and then the Musée Fabre in 2008. At the end of 2009 the Montpellier Agglomération (guardian of the Musée Fabre) used two private donations to purchase the right part and reunite the painting. The complete painting was then exhibited at Nature et idéal : Le paysage à Rome 1600-1650, a 2011 exhibition in the Grand Palais in Paris.

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