Painting #A18 - Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle

Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle

(Ancient Greek mythology)

- Correggio (1489-1534, Italian)
- oil on canvas (164 x 71 cm) c.1531
- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

- Michelangelo (1475-1564, Italian)
- black chalk on brownish paper (36 x 28 cm) c.1533
- Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge)

- Gustave Moreau (1826-1898, French)
- watercolor (41 x 56 cm) in 1886
- The Bridgeman Art Library (private collection)

- Rembrandt (1606-1669, Dutch)
- oil on panel (177 x 130 cm) in 1635
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (Dresden)

Some other paintings by Correggio:

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
[of Alexandria with Saint Sebastian]
- Correggio (1489-1534, Italian)
- oil on wood (105 x 102 cm) c.1527
- Louvre (Paris)

The Child is going to put a ring on the right index finger of Catherine, as witnessed by Madonna and the Baptist, and as wished by Catherine (c.287-c.305) living in a different space and time.

Jupiter and Io
- Correggio in 1520-40
- oil on canvas (162 x 74 cm)
- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

Disguised as a thick cloud, Jupiter grabs and kisses Princess Io, who was shepherding for her king father. 

Venus and Cupid with a Satyr
- Correggio in c.1528
- oil on canvas (189× 126 cm)
- Louvre (Paris)

A satyr is cautiously lifting a cover sheet to discover the body of goddess Venus, taking a nap next to her son Cupid/Eros.



Some other paintings by Moreux:

Oedipus and the Sphinx
- Gustave Moreau (1826–1898, French)
- oil on canvas (206 x 105 cm) 1864
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC)

Could Oedipus resist Sphinx's pretty face and bust?

Prometheus
- Gustave Moreau
- oil on canvas (205 x 122 cm) 1868
- Musée Gustave-Moreau (Paris) 

This ancient Greek god stole fire to gift mankind. The punishment was to be tied up to a cliff and eaten up by vulcans.

The Fall of Phaethon
- Gustave Moreau
- (25 x 39 cm) 1878
- Louvre (Paris) 

Phaethon, incapable to control the solar chariot borrowed from his father, is going to crash onto Earth and burn it out.

Thracian Girl Carrying the Head of Orpheus on His Lyre
- Gustave Moreau
- oil on canvas (154 × 100 cm) 1865
- Musée d'Orsay (Paris)

A lesbian girl picked up a head from the river and looked at it with motherly love.

The Apparition
- Gustave Moreau
- Watercolour (106 x 72 cm) 1876
- Musée d'Orsay (Paris)

Color-wolf step-father Herod desired to watch Salome dance naked. Salome demanded as award the head of John the Baptist, currently held captive.

Salome Dancing before Herod
- Gustave Moreau
- oil on canvas (144 x 104 cm) 1876
- Hammer Museum,
UCLA School of Arts and Archi (LA)

Hesiod and the Muse
- Gustave Moreau
- oil on panel (59 x 35 cm) 1891
- Musée d'Orsay (Paris)