Jupiter ontvoert Ganymedes, anonymous, after Philips Galle, after Hans Bol, c. 1550 - c. 1650

Title(s)

Jupiter ontvoert Ganymedes
Ganymedes in caelvm evectvs (title on object)
Landschappen met mythologische en bijbelse voorstellingen (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

13/30

Object number

RP-P-BI-1982

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch R17
• Hollstein Dutch 176
• Hollstein Dutch 172

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Jupiter, in de gedaante van een adelaar, vliegt met Ganymedes naar de Olympus.

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• print maker: Philips Galle (rejected attribution)
• print maker: Hans Bol (possibly)
• after design by: Hans Bol

Place

Southern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1550 - c. 1650

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 125 mm × width 190 mm

What

• 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

Acquisition

unknown

Copyright

Public domain

• Philips Galle, Marjolein Leesberg, Manfred Sellink, dl. 4, p. 249, cat.nr. R17 (rejected prints)
• Fouceel - Gole, p. 70, cat.nr. 160-189
• Boekhorst - Brueghel, p. 52, cat.nr. 164-193