"Venus and Adonis" is a painting by Flemish artist Abraham Janssens.
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Venus and Adonis
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Abraham Janssens
Abraham Janssens (or Jansens) van Nuyssen (c. 1567/1576 - 1632) was a Flemish Baroque painter.
He was born at Antwerp, in a year variously reported between 1567 and 1576. He studied under Jan Snellinck, was a master in 1602, and in 1607 was dean of the master-painters. He died in the city of his...
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