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The Rape of Ganymede
Niccolò dell'Abbatec. 1545
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Rape of Ganymede
- Creator: Niccolò dell' Abate
- Date Created: c. 1545
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 38.9 x 28.9 cm (15 5/16 x 11 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Unidentified 18th-century collector (his mount stamped in gold, similar to mounts from the collection of Lord Yarmouth); Jonathan Richardson Sr. [1665-1745] (Lugt 2184), London; John Clayton (sale, London, Christie's, 11 May 1908, lot 85, as Pietro Buonaccorsi); (sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1976, lot 90); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash and watercolor over traces of black chalk, heightened with white on laid paper washed light brown; laid down
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