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Ganymede feeding the eagle

Fresco
1820s (painted)
Artist/Maker
Evans, Richard (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Rome (painted)

Fresco


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Myths & Legends
Gender and Sexuality
Object type
Fresco
TitleGanymede feeding the eagle (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Fresco
Watercolour
Plaster
Fresco
Brief description
Fresco, 'Ganymede Feeding the Eagle', Richard Evans, 1820s
Physical description
Fresco
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 61cm
  • Estimate width: 49.5cm
  • Frame height: 85cm
  • Frame width: 73cm
  • Frame depth: 17cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Credit line
Given by Sir Matthew White Ridley
Object history
Given by Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1865
Subjects depicted
Eagles (Birds)
Ganymede
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 88-89
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
159-1865

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Record createdApril 30, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O134328/ganymede-feeding-the-eagle-fresco-evans-richard/
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