Zeus as an eagle, abducting Ganymede, Giovanni Battista Palumba, 1500–1510

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Zeus as an eagle, abducting Ganymede, 1500–1510, Woodcut (this appears to be a later impression), Sheet: 14 3/16 × 9 13/16 in. (36 × 25 cm), Prints, Giovanni Battista Palumba (Italian, active ca. 1500–1520), Among Jupiter's many loves was the boy Ganymede, whom the god, in the guise of an eagle, carried off to Olympus to serve as his cupbearer. Palumba's woodcut follows Virgil's description (Aeneid 5–57) of a cloak embroidered with a depiction of the Trojan prince's abduction while hunting on Mount Ida

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Size: 3593px × 5189px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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