Jupiter tumbling from a horse-drawn carriage at right, Ganymede in the form of an eagle carries a woman in the upper centre, below Venus in he cnetre flanked at the left by the three Graces, 1530–60, Engraving, sheet: 7 1/2 x 8 11/16 in. (19 x 22 cm), Prints, Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530–60), After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome), Following Ovid's brief account of Ganymede's abduction (Metamorphoses 10–61), the scene shown in this engraving is about love. Cupid is the central character, and Ganymede and the eagle are relegated accessories, testifying to the power of the infant god—even in his sleep—to disarm the supreme ruler of Olympus
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Jupiter tumbling, horse-drawn carriage, right, Ganymede, form, eagle carries, woman, upper centre, Venus, cnetre flanked, left, three Graces, 1530–60, Engraving, sheet, 7 1/2 x 8 11/16, 19 22 cm, Prints, Master of the Die, Italian, active Rome, ca., After Raphael, Raffaello Sanzio or Santi, Urbino, 1483–1520, Rome, Following Ovid, brief account, abduction, Metamorphoses 10–61, scene shown, engraving, love, Cupid, central character, eagle, relegated accessories, testifying, power, infant god—even, sleep— disarm, supreme ruler, Olympus
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