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The Rape of Ganymede (Mazza)

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29: 322: 182:). The exact date of Mazza's painting is not known, but he was active between 1573 and 1590, so the painting's date will be somewhere in the late 16th century. Its original size is 177 cm × 186.6 cm (69.7 in × 73.5 in) and was painted on 269: 134:
Some legends speak of Jupiter's eagle kidnapping Ganymede:Not only this, Jupiter's eagle turned to an imperial gold statue hanging its claws on Jupiter's lightning bolt.
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While other accounts speak of the eagle actually being Jupiter himself, transformed into the eagle to carry out this task:
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The painting originally adorned the ceiling for a distinguished lawyer in Mazza's home city of
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177.2 cm × 188.7 cm (69.8 in × 74.3 in)
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down to bring Ganymede to Olympus to be His cup-bearer." – an excerpt from the
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to serve both as Jupiter's lover and as cupbearer to the gods.
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Damiano Mazza
National Gallery
Damiano Mazza
National Gallery
Aetos Dios
Jupiter
Ganymede
Mount Olympus
eagle
Padua
Antonio da Correggio
Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle
canvas
oils
Titian
"Home"
"National Gallery link to Mazza, Damiano"
the original
"Giove e Ganimede"
Sapienza University of Rome

The Rape of Ganymede (Mazza)
Categories
16th-century paintings
Paintings in the National Gallery, London
Italian paintings
Renaissance paintings

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