Abduction of Ganymede

Title

Abduction of Ganymede

Draughtsman

• Giulio Romano ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Central Italian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Braun): Julio Romano fec.; unten links (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Braun): A°. 1520.; verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): [unleserlich]
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Ganymed
• Zeus

Primary

• 92BB121 the rape of Ganymede: he is carried off through the air by Jupiter in the form of an eagle, or by the eagle of Jupiter

Alternative Attribution

• Niccolò Granello draughtsman; by note on mount
• Luca Cambiaso ? draughtsman; by note on mount