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University of Aberdeen
Title
Ganymede
Date
1786
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 153.8 x W 179 cm
Accession number
ABDUA 30065
Acquisition method
gift from George Ogilvie Forbes
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Ganimede / Painted at Rome by James Irvine 1786 / Presented by Dr. Ogilvie Forbes
University of Aberdeen
University Museums, University of Aberdeen, Sir Duncan Rice Library, Bedford Road , Aberdeen AB24 3AA Scotland
Stories
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Zeus and Ganymede. c.475–425 BC, Attic red-figured kylix, attributed to the Penthesilea Painter. Ferrara Archaeological Museum. Image credit: Egisto Sani, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (source: Flickr)
Divine homosexuality: Ganymede and Anti…Ben Gazur
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Left: Eliza Fraser of Castle Fraser (detail), right: James Byres of Tonley (detail). Left: oil on canvas by Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), right: 1782–1791, pastel on paper by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739–1808). Image credit: National Trust for Scotland, Castle Fraser, Garden & Estate / Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Eighteenth-century queer Scottish lives: Elyza Fraser and James ByresIndigo Dunphy-Smith