Rembrandt:
The Rape of Ganymede
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Artist |
Rembrandt
(1606–1669)
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Alternative names |
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn |
Description |
Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
15 July 1606
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4 October 1669
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Location of birth/death |
Leiden |
Amsterdam |
Work period |
between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5598 |
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Title |
German: Ganymed in den Fängen des Adlers
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label QS:Lru,"Похищение Ганимеда"
label QS:Lde,"Ganymed in den Fängen des Adlers / Die Entführung des Ganymed"
label QS:Lit,"Ratto di Ganimede"
label QS:Lnl,"De roof van Ganymedes"
label QS:Len,"Abduction of Ganymede" |
Object type |
painting
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Genre |
mythological painting
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Description |
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Date |
1635 date QS:P571,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 177 cm (69.6 in); width: 129 cm (50.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,177U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,129U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q653002
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Current location |
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Accession number |
1558 |
Object history |
1751: purchased by Carl Heinrich von Heinicken from N.N.,
Hamburg for Augustus III of Poland (1696-1763),
Dresden
from 1751date QS:P,+1751-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1751-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister,
Dresden
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Exhibition history |
Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum,
Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, National Gallery,
London, 26 March 1992–24 May 1992, Cat.no. 24.
Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24 February 2006–18 June 2006, Van Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam, Cat.no. 34. Rembrandt van Rijn : die Entführung des Ganymed, 16 November 2006–4 February 2007, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister,
Dresden. |
Inscriptions |
Signature and date center:
Rembrandt. ft / 1635
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References |
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, online collection
RKDimages, Art-work number 47377, as The Abduction of Ganymede, height: 177 cm (69.6 in); width: 129 cm (50.7 in)dimensions QS:P2048,177U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,129U174728
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 00003763, as Ganymed in den Fängen des Adlers, height: 177 cm (69.6 in); width: 130 cm (51.1 in)dimensions QS:P2048,177U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,130U174728
Web Gallery of Art, as Abduction of Ganymede, height: 171 cm (67.3 in); width: 130 cm (51.1 in)dimensions QS:P2048,171U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,130U174728 .
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Source/Photographer |
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Google Arts & Culture |
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