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Ganymede in the Talons of the Eagle
18th/19th century
Christian Gottfried Schultze (Artist) German, 1749-1819 Crescentius Josephus Jac Seydelmann (Artist) German, 1750-1829 Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Artist) Dutch, 1606-1669
Engraving printed in black on wove paper
plate: 25 x 17 5/8 in. 63.4 x 44.7 cm sheet: 27 3/4 x 22 1/2 in. 70.4 x 57.1 cm
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Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892
1991.52
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In plate, lower left: Rembrand pinx. Seydelmann del.; lower right: C.G. Schultze Sculp. Dresdae.; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro di Rembrand, / dalla Galleria Elettorale di Dresda. / Alto piedi 6. onc. 2 1/2. largo piedi 4. onc. 6 1/2.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Rembrand, / de la Gallerie Electorale de Dresde. / large de 6. pieds 2 1/2. pouc. haut 4. pie. 6 1/2. pouc.; lower left corner: T. III.; lower right corner: No,, 2.; in black ink below Schultze's name: b. 1730-; after Rembrand \sic!, lower right: 1608-1669 / (Lyden); lower center: Ganymede, transported to Olympus by the Eagle of Jupiter; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard. / 1892. in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 64
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Christian Gottfried Schultze; after Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn; after Crescentius Josephus Jac Seydelmann, Ganymede in the Talons of the Eagle, 18th/19th century, Engraving printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.52.
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