Cellini also repurposed an antique torso (probably originally a Bacchus) to become Ganymede snatching eaglets away from a full-size eagle at his feet — this is an ironic reversal of the usual legend of the eagle sent by Zeus two snatch Ganymede away to become a drinks bearer for the gods.
Adam (and Eve’s forearm) by Baccio Bandinelli in the background
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