Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei (Venice circa 1510-1561)

Jupiter and Ganymede

Details

Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei (Venice circa 1510-1561)
Jupiter and Ganymede
pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on brown washed paper
6¾ x 4¼ in. (17.2 x 10.7 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Piasa, Paris, 22 March 2006, lot 12.
with Jean-Luc Baroni, London, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Although inspired by Raphael's depiction of Jupiter and Cupid in the Loggia of the Villa Farnesina, the present drawing reinterprets the relationship between the figures and removes the boy's wings, suggesting that it shows Jupiter with his cup-bearer Ganymede.

We are grateful to Dr Anne Varick Lauder for confirming the attribution on examination of the original.

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