Zeus as an eagle, abducting Ganymede, 1500–1510, Woodcut (this appears to be a later impression), Sheet: 14 3/16 × 9 13/16 in. (36 × 25 cm), Prints, Giovanni Battista Palumba (Italian, active ca. 1500–1520), Among Jupiter's many loves was the boy Ganymede, whom the god, in the guise of an eagle, carried off to Olympus to serve as his cupbearer. Palumba's woodcut follows Virgil's description (Aeneid 5–57) of a cloak embroidered with a depiction of the Trojan prince's abduction while hunting on Mount Ida
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Zeus, eagle, abducting Ganymede, 1500–1510, Woodcut, later impression, Sheet, 14 3/16, 9 13/16, 36, 25 cm, Prints, Giovanni Battista Palumba, Italian, active ca., 1500–1520, Jupiter, loves, boy, whom, god, guise, carried off, Olympus, serve, cupbearer, Palumba, woodcut follows, Virgil, description, Aeneid 5–57, cloak embroidered, depiction, Trojan prince, abduction, hunting, Mount Ida
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