ECL-Bm.12:13-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:13-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue group: Ganymede and eagle
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no. 95
Other number
Fa 3 no. 95
Description
Content (description)
Nude Ganymede stands holding a cup (?) in his right hand. He stretches his left arm round the back of the eagle which perches on a high rock on his left with its wings outspread. There is a second high rock, or perhaps a tree trunk behind Ganymede.
Content (object)
statue
bust
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 403mm
width (actual size): 259mm
width (actual size): 259mm
Inscription
Campiglia Ganimede del Palazzo di Vla Medici written in pencil on the back of the drawing
Campiglia Villa Medici No. 95 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Campiglia Villa Medici No. 95 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Horti Medici G written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Mansuelli (I no. 111 ; Uffizi inv 128)
