Coast Scene with the Rape of Europa
Artist
LORRAIN, Claude (Gelle), 1600-1682
Date1634
Mediumetching
Dimensions7 5/8 in x 10 1/8 in
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Foundation
Object number1973.7.7
DescriptionEuropa in the center seated on a bull surrounded by maidens, another group of maidens is at the bottom right and is occupied with picking flowers, in the right background, the sea is found covered with ships. The water is bounded by a chain of tall mountains at the foot of which is a port filled with boats. To the left, there is a group of cattle on the ground. A gentle hill in the middle ground, crowned by a group of trees, leads down to a boat manned by two people. In far left an ancient temple and round embattled tower.On View
Not on viewCollections
William Blake, 1757-1827
London : William Blake, 1825 [i.e. 1826].
C. COUSEN
17th century
c. 1900
J.C. ARMYTAGE, 1820-1897
Rome
19th century, maybe
18th/19th century
MCGAHEY, AFTER CATLIN