About this 3D model

This sculpture, with its striking theatrical pose and accurate anatomical representation, portrays a youth of rare beauty, whom Venus, unrequited, fell in love with. Adonis was mortally wounded by a wild boar and not even the goddess was able to reach him in time and save him. The marble statue, the original destination of which is unknown, was purchased by Isabella, daughter of Cosimo I de'Medici, for the villa of Poggio Baroncelli (later called Poggio Imperiale) where it remained until 1873