Rape of Ganymede

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Artist/Maker	Raimondi, Marcantonio (engraver (printmaker)) Michelangelo (artist) Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista De' (printmaker)
Place of origin	Italy (made)

Rape of Ganymede; After Michelangelo; Inscribed 'GANDlMEDIS IVVENIS • TROIANVS • RAPTVS • A • IOVE.'; Copy of DYCE.1108, the composition reversed; First state, without the artist's and publisher's names within the marginal line at bottom.

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Object type	Print
Title	Rape of Ganymede
Materials and techniques	print on paper Printing Ink Paper Printing
Brief description	Rape of Ganymede; After Michelangelo; School of Marcantonio Raimondi; Ascribed to Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri; Italy; Early 16th century.
Physical description	Rape of Ganymede; After Michelangelo; Inscribed 'GANDlMEDIS IVVENIS • TROIANVS • RAPTVS • A • IOVE.'; Copy of DYCE.1108, the composition reversed; First state, without the artist's and publisher's names within the marginal line at bottom.
Marks and inscriptions	GANDlMEDIS IVVENIS • TROIANVS • RAPTVS • A • IOVE. (Inscribed.)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted	Hills Ganymede
Associated objects	DYCE.1108 (Copy) DYCE.1109 (Copy)
Bibliographic reference	DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1874.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	DYCE.1110

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Record created	January 13, 2010
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1153256/rape-of-ganymede-print-raimondi-marcantonio/

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