Drawing of a nude male figure with an eagle, identified as a study of a cast of a Roman sculpture known as 'Ganymede with the Eagle', in The Uffizi, Florence. Ganymede is standing with his left hand on the eagle, in his right hand a fragment of a shepherd's crook. Inscribed on recto, along pedestal base (handwritten in pencil): 'F. Academy Rome April 18 - 74' and to top right (handwritten in ink): '43'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), 1774. Pencil and charcoal on laid paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.

Exhibitions:

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

Publications

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 1734 - 1797
Sub-Title: An introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the Bicentenary of the artist's death.
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

Related People

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.
Ganymede (Content)
French Academy in Rome (Association)

Study of 'Ganymede with the Eagle', after the Antique

Date: 18.4.1774

Medium: Pencil and charcoal on laid paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 533 × 302 mm (21 × 11 7/8 in.)
Description:	First of two studies of this figure (see DBYMU 1914-517/45). [JW: 1997] Although the original Roman sculpture of 'Ganymede with the Eagle' was at the Villa Medici in Rome at the time of Wright's visit to Italy (it moved to The Uffizi in 1780), his study is based on a cast of the orignal sculpture at the French Academy in Rome. Wright made studies of the cast on 18 April 1774, before returning two days later to make a study of the head of Ganymede in profile (see DBYMU 1914-517/43). [LB: 2024]
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on recto, along pedestal base (handwritten in pencil): 'F. Academy Rome April 18 - 74' and to top right (handwritten in ink): '43'.
Provenance:	...; William Bemrose of Derby; by descent to his son, Charles Lloyd Bemrose, by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1914.
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Item Ref:	1914-517/29