The Rape of Ganymede
The Rape of Ganymede
- Artist
- Giovanni Bernardi
- Artist Dates
- 1494-1553
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- The Rape of Ganymede
- Date
- 1532 or after
- Medium
- bronze (dark brown patina, rubbed on exposed surfaces)
- Dimensions
- oval: 6.7 x 9 cm (2 5/8 x 3 9/16 in)
- Repository
- National Gallery of Art
- Accession Number
- 1957.14.516
- Notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.