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The Rape of Europa is a painting by the Venetian artist Titian, painted ca. 1560–1562. It is in the permanent collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts. The oil-on-canvas painting measures 178 by 205 centimetres (70 in × 81 in).
The Rape of Europa, oil painting created in 1559–62 by the Venetian artist Titian. It is a superb example of Titian’s late style and demonstrates his full power as a painter.
- Craig Staff
This horizontal, almost square oil on canvas painting is massive – taking up almost the entire wall it hangs on. It depicts a scene from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Infatuated with Europa, Jupiter (king of the gods) transforms himself into a bull and abducts her.
Nov 12, 2006 · A film that explores the Nazi's systematic plundering of Europe's art and the efforts to rescue and return it. Based on a book by Lynn H. Nicholas, it features interviews, vintage footage, photos and documents.
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- Documentary, History, War
- Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham
- 2006-11-12
A painting by the Italian Baroque artist Guido Reni depicting the mythological abduction of Europa by Zeus in the form of a bull. Learn about the key facts, the artistic style and the historical context of this masterpiece.
The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his father, Jupiter, to drive a herd of cattle belonging to King Agenor from their pastures on the mountainside to the seashore of Tyre, where the King’s daughter Europa plays with her companions.
Rape of Europa is a faithful copy made by Peter Paul Rubens in Madrid after an original by Titian. It shows the Phoenician princess Europa after she was abducted by Zeus, who had taken on the form of a white bull.
