Ganymede and the Eagle, with Cupid and a Dog: M.59-1984

Current Location: Gallery 7 (Courtauld)

Titles

Ganymede and the Eagle, with Cupid and a Dog

Maker(s)

Entities

Figure group

Description

Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, and chased. The group shows Jupiter, transformed into an eagle, seducing the shepherd Ganymede.

Notes

History note: (with M.60-1984) Purchased directly from Massimilano Soldani-Benzi by Giovan Gualberto Guicciardini, Palazzo Valori (or dei 'Visacci'), Florence, 25 June 1717 (150 scudi); March 1729 by inheritance, Carlo Rinuccini (husband of Vittoria Teresa Guicciardini, daughter of the late Giovan Gualberto), Palazzo Rinuccini, Florence; 19th century, by inheritance, Prince Ludovico Trivulzio, Milan; The Luccardi Collection, Milan; Zürich art market, where purchased by John Winter; Given by John Winter, Esq. in memory of his father, Carl Winter, Director of the Fitzwilliam (1946-1966), 1984.

Legal notes

Given by John Winter, in memory of his father, Carl Winter, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1946-66.

Measurements and weight

Height: 31.5 cm
Length: 37.5 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Place(s) associated

Florence ⪼ Tuscany ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Winter, John

Dating

Early 18th Century
1717 CE - 1717-06-25 CE

Note

A pair with Leda and the Swan, M.60-1984

School or Style

Baroque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

Sculpture UK

Materials used in production

probably bronze Copper alloy
Bronze

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast
Chasing

References and bibliographic entries

The Luccardi Collection of Milan
Note sulla collezione Guicciardini e su due gruppi bronzei del Soldani Benzi page(s): pp. 26-32
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): pp. 90-101
Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 153
Upcoming Exhibition, Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 4-5

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.59-1984
Primary reference Number: 14004
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_59_1984
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 16 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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