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Il gruppo di Ganimede

ca. 330–300 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 158
Questo prezioso insieme, composto da un paio di orecchini, una collana, quattro fibule, un anello e due bracciali, forma una parure, sebbene le differenze stilistiche inducano a ritenere che originariamente i pezzi non fossero stati creati insieme. Di particolare interesse sono gli orecchini, con rappresentazioni in miniatura del giovane Ganimede tenuto saldamente dalle ali di un’aquila. Il dio Zeus voleva che il fanciullo diventasse suo coppiere e si trasformò in aquila per rapirlo e trasportarlo sul monte Olimpo. L’anello ha uno smeraldo incastonato, proveniente dall’Egitto o forse dai monti Urali. I cerchi dei bracciali sono di quarzo ornato con fili d’oro.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Il gruppo di Ganimede
  • Data: ca. 330-300 a.C.
  • Cultura: Greco
  • Materiale e tecnica: Oro, cristallo di rocca, smeraldo
  • Dimensioni: Lungh. della collana 33 cm, alt. degli orecchini 6 cm, largh. dei bracciali 7,9 cm, largh. delle fibule 5 cm, alt. dell'anello 2,1 cm
  • Crediti: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
  • Numero d'inventario: 37.11.8–.17
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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