Sujet
Statue of Ganymede with the Eagle. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Statue of Ganymede with the Eagle. Roman, after a Greek original from the Praxiteles school of the 3rd century BC. According to Homer, Ganymede was a Trojan prince and the most beautiful of mortals. He was abducted by Zeus, who had assumed the form of an eagle, to be taken to serve as a cup bearer to the Gods in Olympus, in return for which he was granted eternal youth. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Art Collector
Notre référence
HRM19E66_375
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,2Mo (976,3Ko) / 23,2cm x 43,4cm / 2738 x 5127 (300dpi)