# Zeus and Ganymede

- By: Michelangelo Maestri (Italian, d. 1812)
- Date: ca. 1802
- Medium: Brush and tempera on heavy paper
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: Drawing: 32.5 × 28.2 cm (12 13/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Rome
- Credit line: Gift of Anonymous Donor
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/120236)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/da96f4ceeaa314e417522204ae5991d1.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Zeus, seated on a throne, holds fire in his right hand, while his left hand rests on the shoulder of the young Ganymede, who holds a salver in his left hand. Beside Zeus is an eagle, and below, in a rainbox the zodiacal signs of a lion, a crab and scales. Possibly after decorations for the apartments of Cardinal Bibbiena in the Vatican.