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The Rape of Ganymede Wall Art
ART BY: Salomon Gessner
The Rape of Ganymede Wall Art
ART BY: Salomon Gessner
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About this artwork
The Rape of Ganymede is a print, etching on laid paper by Salomon Gessner (1730–1788), dated 1769/71. The artist is catalogued as Swiss. This reproduction is based on the copy in the National Gallery of Art, and the file offered here measures 3137 × 4096 px (4.8 MB). Catalogued under Prints and Neoclassicism, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 41 works by Salomon Gessner, a Swiss artist.
Salomon Gessner was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the first publisher and editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Salomon Gessner →
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