Painting of a nude boy carried into the air by a huge dark eagle, against a stormy, shadowed sky.

"The Rape of Ganymede" (Rembrandt, 1635)

A nude youth, a white cloth fluttering behind him, is carried aloft by a large dark eagle whose spread wings fill the upper canvas against a stormy sky. His legs dangle as he grips the bird's neck, while the deep, shadowed landscape below dissolves into near-black darkness.

Artist: Rembrandt
Date: 1635
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Size: 2881 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1635; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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"The Rape of Ganymede" (Rembrandt, 1635)

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