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Object Type
print
Museum number
1840,1212.28
Description
Ganymede abducted by Jupiter in the guise of an eagle in the top part, a dog and trees in the lower part Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Jan Miel
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1614-1664
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
190 millimetres
(plate-mark)
Width:
135 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression see 1869,0410.2455
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(8)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(I.344.9)
Weigel 1843 / Suppléments au Peintre-Graveur de Adam Bartsch
(undescribed)
Dutuit 1881-5 / Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes
(V.187.9)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Ganymede
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1840
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1840,1212.28