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Object Type
Museum number: 1929,0715.23
Description: A putto riding on an eagle in the sky, symbolizing Jupiter, a building below; after Giulio Romano. Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Cornelis Bos; After: Giulio Romano
School/style
Production date: 1530-1556
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 102 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 72 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This is a detail from a larger print "The Fall of the Giants" (see Nn7,17.1) after Giulio Romano.; The subject of this print might be the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus, with the city of Troy in the background, as suggested by Jochem van Eijsden (communicated by email, February 2017).
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (undescribed); Schéle 1965 / Cornelis Bos: A study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque (61)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1929
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1929,0715.23

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