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Michelangelo Buonarroti|Nicolas Beatrizet

The Rape of Ganymede by Jupiter in the guise of an eagle carrying him into the heavens, his dog barking below

1542
Engraving
42.5 × 27.8 cm (16.7 × 10.9 in)

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