Roof van Ganymedes, Cornelis Bos, after Giulio Romano, c. 1537 - c. 1555

Title(s)

Roof van Ganymedes

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-7269

Catalogue reference

• Schéle 61

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Ganymedes, de zoon van koning Tros, wordt ontvoerd door Jupiter in de gedaante van een adelaar. Onder hen de stad Troje.

Artist

• print maker: Cornelis Bos (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Giulio Romano

Place

unknown

Dating

c. 1537 - c. 1555

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 100 mm × width 70 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 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Cornelis Bos : a study of the origins of the netherland grotesque, p. 139, cat.nr. 61