The Rape of Ganymede

Provenance

Unidentified 18th-century collector (his mount stamped in gold, similar to mounts from the collection of Lord Yarmouth); Jonathan Richardson Sr. [1665-1745] (Lugt 2184), London; John Clayton (sale, London, Christie's, 11 May 1908, lot 85, as Pietro Buonaccorsi); (sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1976, lot 90); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

The Rape of Ganymede

Abate, Niccolò dell'

c. 1545

Accession Number

2006.11.1

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash and watercolor over traces of black chalk, heightened with white on laid paper washed light brown; laid down

Dimensions

overall: 38.9 x 28.9 cm (15 5/16 x 11 3/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner