Title

Statue of Ganymede with the Eagle. Artist: Unknown

Caption

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.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Art Collector

Reference

HRM19E66_376

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (1004,5Kb) / 11,4in x 17,1in / 3421 x 5132 (300dpi)

Keywords

city Italy people male face man men head religious stone arts bird birds country Rome religion body eagle statue sculpture art guy color colour royal Greek Greece deity God Roman location century royalty mythology goddess prince trojan zeus Ganymede Ancient Greece Greek mythology Troy Ancient Greek Ancient city 3rd century BC artistic school mythical figure TGN the body portrait Unknown marble The Art Collector Praxiteles School marble portrait