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L'Enlevement d'Europe (The Rape of Europa)
Artist:
Date:
1634
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Etching
Dimensions:
19.4 x 25.9 cm (image)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1963.30.30357
Acquisition Date:
1963-04-09
Credit Line:
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Young woman is seated on a bull, with other maidens beside her and seated nearby under a tree. Other bulls and cows idle across the stream, before a delapidated Roman building with pillars. Numerous sailboats are moored in the waters nearby. (Virginia K. Anderson 12/17/93)
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Christ at the marriage feast of Canae (17th–18th century)
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