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ECL-Bm.7:48-2017

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Object number

ECL-Bm.7:48-2017

Object type

Identification

Title

Relief: rape of Ganymede

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Was Fa 2 no. 46

Other number

Fa 3 no. 46

Description

Content (description)

The eagle with its wings spread lifts Ganymede, who looks up towards it. He wears a cap, a loin cloh and a cloak which billows out behind him, although he holds a corner of it in his left hand. His right hand is raised as if holding a jug, but this has not survived.

Content (object)

relief

Content (note)

Still in the Great Hall of the Galleria Colonna

Dimensions

height (actual size): 406mm
width (actual size): 273mm

Inscription

Campiglia Palazzo Colonna no. 46 written in ink on the back of the drawing

Inscription description

46 written in pencil on front of drawing, lower left

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

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