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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: Abduction of Ganymede

🖼 Abduction of Ganymede, c. 1635
Brown ink and wash
183 × 160 cm
Berlin, Germany

An eagle violently seizes a young boy amid swirling chaos, rendered in dramatic chiaroscuro with energetic brushwork and earthen tones. The mythological scene transforms classical restraint into visceral brutality, reflecting Baroque sensuality and Dutch Golden Age reinterpretation of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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