Sculpture of Jupiter as an eagle with Ganymede, Ganimedis figura in viridario Cardinalis de Medicis, Ancient sculptures in Rome, Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae quae in publicis locis visuntur icones, print, album page, Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album., number: '31', printmaker, publisher, Rome, Italy, paper, engraving, height 225 mm x width 135 mm, This print is part of a set of 79 prints (title print) depicting ancient sculptures in Rome., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, (story of) Jupiter (Zeus), (story of) Ganymede, love-affairs of Jupiter, males, A monochrome engraved image shows a nude male figure standing with a muscular torso and short hair, his left arm bent across his body and his right hand resting near his hip; he faces a large bird perched on a raised stump, which has textured feathers, outstretched wings, and a curved beak. The man and bird are set against a lined background within a rectangular frame, and the stump shows wood grain ...
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Sculpture of Jupiter as an eagle with Ganymede, Ganimedis figura in viridario Cardinalis de Medicis, Ancient sculptures in Rome, Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae quae in publicis locis visuntur icones, print, album page, Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album., number: '31', printmaker, publisher, Rome, Italy, paper, engraving, height 225 mm x width 135 mm, This print is part of a set of 79 prints (title print) depicting ancient sculptures in Rome., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, (story of) Jupiter (Zeus), (story of) Ganymede, love-affairs of Jupiter, males, A monochrome engraved image shows a nude male figure standing with a muscular torso and short hair, his left arm bent across his body and his right hand resting near his hip; he faces a large bird perched on a raised stump, which has textured feathers, outstretched wings, and a curved beak. The man and bird are set against a lined background within a rectangular frame, and the stump shows wood grain details; shading is achieved with closely spaced lines and crosshatching. The scene occupies most of the vertical space, and the lower margin includes a handwritten or engraved inscription that is not described.

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Sculpture Jupiter eagle Ganymede Ganimedis figura viridario Cardinalis de Medicis Ancient sculptures Rome Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae quae publicis locis visuntur icones print album page Caption Latin Print part album number 31 printmaker publisher Italy paper engraving height 225 mm x width 135 mm set 79 prints title print depicting ancient sculptures piece sculpture reproduction story of Zeus love-affairs males monochrome engraved image nude male figure standing muscular torso short hair left arm bent across body right hand resting near hip faces large bird perched raised stump textured feathers outstretched wings curved beak man bird lined background within rectangular frame stump wood grain details shading achieved closely spaced lines crosshatching scene occupies vertical space lower margin includes handwritten engraved inscription described

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