Who painted “Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle”?

“Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle” was painted by Antonio da Correggio in 1520–1540. Where to see it: Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Renaissance

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Antonio da Correggio: soft, melting light and sensuous figures, dramatic ceiling perspectives and a tender, sweet mood.

Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio, was an Italian Renaissance painter who was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Renaissance, and was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the sixteenth century. Wikipedia

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More by Antonio da Correggio

“Jupiter and Io”, 1530
“Leda and the Swan”, 1532
“Venus with Mercury and Cupid ('The School of Love')”, 1527
“Nativity”, 1529
“Portrait of a Woman”, 1520–1524
“Madonna of Saint Sebastian”, 1524
“Danaë”, 1531
“Venus and Cupid with a Satyr”, 1526