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Rembrandt van Rijn / The Rape of Ganymede
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The Rape of Ganymede

1635 · Oil on canvas

Jupiter's eagle carries off the boy Ganymede: shown by Rembrandt as a screaming, urinating toddler rather than a beautiful youth.

ArtistRRembrandt van Rijn
MuseumGGemäldegalerie Alte Meister
MovementBBaroque
LocationDresden, Germany
Genremythological painting
Dimensions177 × 129 cm
SourceWikidata Q3930497

Why it matters

Zeus's eagle carries off the boy Ganymede, who cries and pees in fright while clutching cherries.

Did you know?

  • It is signed and dated 1635.
  • It is life-size, on an oak panel.
  • It has been in Dresden since 1751.

Based on the Wikipedia article The Rape of Ganymede (Rembrandt) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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