Ganymede

1777-1787 H: 76 in. (193 cm) Citation Source image

According to classical mythology, Zeus was captivated by Ganymede, the most beautiful human. In the form of an eagle, the king of the gods abducted the youth. Ganymede subsequently served as Zeus's cupbearer. (This statue would originally have held a cup in its left hand.)In 1...

Sculpture

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King Louis XV, France, 1743, by commission [Orry as agent]; Comte de Maurepas, Pontchartrain, 1777, by commission; Comte d'Havrincourt [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Museum at Valenciennes, Germany, [date of acquisition unknown] by misappropriation; Museum at Cambrai, Germany [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Comte L. d'Havrincourt [date and mode of acquisition unkown]; A. Seligmann, Rey and Company, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, New York, May 3, 1941, no. 1379; Mrs. Ralph K. Robertson, New York City, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, January 3, 1946, by gift.
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