The Rape of Ganymede (c. 1575) is a painting by Damiano Mazza in the National Gallery, London.
The artist's best-known painting, it depicts the legendary account of an eagle (either the Aetos Dios or a manifestation of Jupiter himself) kidnapping the handsome Ganymede and taking him to Mount Olympus to serve both as Jupiter's lover and as cupbearer to the gods.
[2][3]The painting originally adorned the ceiling for a distinguished lawyer in Mazza's home city of Padua.
The subject had been previously painted by Antonio da Correggio for the Duke of Mantua (Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle, c. 1531).
In the late 17th century the Rape of Ganymede was erroneously ascribed to Titian.