This is a drawing of a large eagle carrying a small figure on its back, flying through the sky. The drawing shows fine lines for the feathers, clouds, and landscape with hints of mountains in the background. The detailed feathering and shading give the image depth and movement.
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Jupiter and Ganymede Above an Extensive Landscape

Giovanni Bellini (Venetian, c. 1430/1435 - 1516)

or artist Andrea Mantegna (Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506)

1490s

Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, the two figures (only) incised (laid on late eighteenth/early nineteenth-century mount)
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
overall: 15.2 × 11.9 cm (6 × 4 11/16 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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