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  • English: Portrait of Ganymede. The antique head comes from a group representing the rape of Ganymede by Zeus, a statuary type known by several copies of the entire group and by separate heads, like this one. Naked bust and pedestal are modern additions. Ganymede's pose reproduces (and reverses) that of the statue of Paris by Greek 4th century BC sculptor Euphranor (cf. Louvre Ma 4708). Roman copy of the Imperial Era
  • Français : Portrait de Ganymède. La tête, antique, provient d'un groupe représentant l'enlèvement de Ganymède par Zeus, un type connu par plusieurs copies entières et des têtes isolées comme celle-ci. Le buste nu et le piédouche sont des additions modernes. La pose de Ganymède reproduit en l'inversant celle de la statue de Pâris par le sculpteur grec Euphranor (cf. Louvre Ma 4708). Copie romaine d'époque impériale
Date 2nd century AD
date QS:P571,+150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium Pentelic marble
medium QS:P186,Q673492
Dimensions 56 cm (22 in)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
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This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
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Ma 535
Object history

1784: discovered (near the tomb of Cecilia Metella (south of Rome))
Collections of the Capitoline Museum

1798: confiscated by the French
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 21913
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2005)
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