"Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle" depicts the young man aloft in literal amorous flight. Some have interpreted the conjunction of man and eagle as a metaphor for the evangelist John; however, given the erotic context of this and other paintings, this seems unlikely. This painting and its partner, the masterpiece of "Jupiter and Io", are in Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna. "Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle", one of the four mythological paintings commissioned by Federico II Gonzaga, is a proto-Baroque work due to its depiction of movement, drama, and diagonal compositional arrangement.