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Unknown Maker, Italian

The Rape of Ganymede

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Italian, engraver
After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564), designer

Culture

Italian

Title

The Rape of Ganymede

Year

ca. 1550

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Dimensions

42.6 x 28.4 cm (16 3/4 x 11 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LC: "Ganimedis. Iuvenis. Trioianus. Raptus. A. Iove."
Watermark: Crossed Arrows, on the chainline, similar to Briquet 6281

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

45.191.15

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference
Dec 15, 1965 – Jan 09, 1966

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Italian, engraver
After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564), designer
The Rape of Ganymede, ca. 1550
engraving
42.6 x 28.4 cm (16 3/4 x 11 3/16 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 45.191.15

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