Ganymed (Zurich)

Ganymed - famous sculpture on Lake Zurich

Ganymed is the name of a sculpture on the "Bürkliterrasse", located on Bürkliplatz, a popular square on Lake Zurich. It is the central eye-catcher of the square, which was completed in 1887, with the Alpine panorama towering on the horizon. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hermann Hubacher as the "Abduction to Olympus" and unveiled by the City of Zurich in 1952. It is owned by the Art Collection of the City of Zurich.

The work shows the shepherd boy Ganymed facing the seated eagle (God the Father Zeus) to be abducted by him to heaven and serve there as cupbearer and bed companion.