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The Rape of Ganymede
Julien de Parma
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02-06-2026
Julien de Parma

Cavigliano (Switzerland), 1736 - Paris (France), 1799

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The Rape of Ganymede

1778. Oil on canvas.
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Captivated by the beauty of Ganymede, Jupiter abducted him after turning himself into an eagle and carried him up to Olympus. The young Ganymede is carried to heaven by the eagle, while the shepherds look helplessly at the strange prodigy.

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1778 Canvas Oil Painting

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Inventory number
P006772
Author
Julien de Parma
Title
The Rape of Ganymede
Date
1778
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Width: 128 cm; Height: 248.99998 cm
Provenance
Painted for the Duke of Nivernois; private collection, Paris, until 1972; acquired from Manuel González López, Madrid, 1982
Entry date
1982

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1985, pp. 351.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas. Nuevas Adquisiciones. Museo Iconográfico. Tapices, III, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Madrid, 1996, pp. 187.

Rosenberg, Pierre, Julien de Parme 1736-1799, Skira, Milán, 1999.

Villena J.A., Ganímedes en el Prado. En Historias inmortales, Barcelona, 2003, pp. 229-238.

Other inventories +

Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2001.
Jean Antoine Julien / 2001. Rapto de Ganimedes / (2,49 x 1,28) / Cat 6772

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Julien de Parme 1778
 Signed and dated. Front, lower area

Exhibitions +

Julien de Parma
Parma
12.02.2000 - 30.04.2000

Julien de Parma
Riehen
16.09.1999 - 28.11.1999

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 15-02-2019

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