Ganymede as a young boy riding a large eagle (Zeus) in flight above a landscape, ca. 1500–1505, Engraving, Sheet: 6 7/8 × 5 1/16 in. (17.5 × 12.8 cm), Prints, Giulio Campagnola (Italian, Padua ca. 1482–ca. 1515/18 Venice), ?After Andrea Mantegna (Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31–1506 Mantua), The extreme youth of the boy depicted by Campagnola, together with his willing participation in his abduction by Jupiter in the guise of an eagle, suggests that a Neoplatonic reading of the myth may be intended
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Ganymede, young boy riding, large eagle, Zeus, flight, landscape, ca, 1500–1505, Engraving, Sheet, 6 7/8, 5 1/16, 17.5, 12.8 cm, Prints, Giulio Campagnola, Italian, Padua ca., 1482–ca., 1515/18 Venice, After Andrea Mantegna, Isola di Carturo, 1430/31–1506, Mantua, extreme, youth, boy depicted, Campagnola, together, willing participation, abduction, Jupiter, guise, eagle, Neoplatonic reading, myth, intended
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