Ganymede, and his rapt by Zeus, was often represented in the arts, through sculptures as we have seen earlier, and with other media as well. So below are some of these various depictions, in bas-reliefs, mosaic, paintings, drawings. The next post will show Ganymede used in more contemporary media.
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Hebe gives the cup and pitcher to Ganymede - Bas-relief by Thorvaldsen - 1833
Thorvaldsen Museum - Copenhagen
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Ganymede feeding the eagle - Hermitage Museum - St Petersburg -
Picture by S Sosnovskiy |
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Ganymedes & the Eagle, Greco-Roman
fresco
C3rd A.D., Kato Paphos Archaeological Park |
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| Zeus
& Ganymède, by Eucharidès, Ve
c. BC, Metropolitan Museum, NYC. |
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| Ganymede by Rubens - Schwartzenberg Palace, Vienna, Austria. |
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Wall decoration at Hamburger Kunsthalle - Germany
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| Drawing by Michelangelo Buonarotti - Collection Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II |
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Drawing by Michelangelo Buonarotti - Collection Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II
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