Ganymedes wirt in Himmel auffgezogen · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ganymedes wirt in Himmel auffgezogen
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Phrygia; Troy; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts Jupiter disguising himself to abduct a boy that he was in love with. The engraving illustrates Jupiter in the form of a giant eagle, carrying away the Phrygian boy named Ganymede. The young boy has tears running down his face as he looks behind him and watches his city fade away into the distance. Jupiter took him away from Phrygia and brought him up to the heavens to handle his mixing cups.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22999
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_22999_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Jupiter; Ganymede; Abduction; Transformation; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Gods; Goddesses