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Grupo de Ganimedes

ca. 330–300 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 158
Este exquisito conjunto—que comprende un par de pendientes, un collar, cuatro fíbulas, un anillo y dos brazaletes—es un aderezo completo, aunque sus diferencias estilísticas sugieren que las piezas no fueron realizadas al mismo tiempo. Destacan los pendientes que representan en miniatura al joven Ganimedes envuelto en las alas de un águila. El dios Zeus deseó que este joven fuera su copero, y se transformó en águila para llevarlo volando a la cima del monte Olimpo. El anillo está engarzado con una esmeralda traída de Egipto o bien de los montes Urales. Las argollas de los brazaletes están hechas de cristal de roca realzado con alambre de oro.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Grupo de Ganimedes
  • Fecha: ca. 330–300 a. C.
  • Cultura: Grecia
  • Material: Oro, cristal de roca, esmeralda
  • Dimensiones: l. del collar 33 cm, a. de los pendientes 6 cm, an. de los brazaletes 7,9 cm, an. de las fíbulas 5 cm, a. del anillo 2,1 cm
  • Crédito: Fondo Harris Brisbane Dick, 1937
  • Número de inventario: 37.11.8–.17
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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