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Rape of Ganymede (Enlevement de Ganymede)

Maker

After
(artist)
1577-1640

(intermediary draughtsman)
active 1768 - 1787 (Life dates)

(printmaker)
1732-1806

Title

Rape of Ganymede (Enlevement de Ganymede)

Date of Production

1786 - 1808

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 41.8 cm
Width: 29.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6987.203

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
Fig. p. no. 74

Inscriptions

Inscription: RUBENS / Duke of Orleans Coll. 1786 //

Inscription: Peint par P. P. Rubens //

Inscription: Gravé par Henriquez Graveur du Roi &c. //

Inscription: Dessiné par Grangeret / ENLEVMENT DE GANYMEDE. / De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans. / ÉCOLE FLAMANDE. / II.E TABLEAU DE PIERRE PAUL RUBENS (...) //

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