The Abduction of Europa
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Valentin Lefèbvre (etchers),
Paolo Veronese (after)
,
Jacobus van Campen (publisher)
Date
1682Period
17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Europa and her handmaidens entertain Jupiter in the guise of a bull. Europa is already seated on her back and gazing skyward. Above her head, two putti fly with a laurel wreath and a pear. In the background, one of Europa's maidens is riding the bull decorated with garlands of flowers. The print is part of a series of 5…
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Europa and her handmaidens entertain Jupiter in the guise of a bull. Europa is already seated on her back and gazing skyward. Above her head, two putti fly with a laurel wreath and a pear. In the background, one of Europa's maidens is riding the bull decorated with garlands of flowers. The print is part of a series of 53 prints after paintings by Titian and Veronese.
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