Coast Scene with the Rape of Europa
Artist:
LORRAIN, Claude (Gelle), 1600-1682
Date: 1634
Medium: etching
Dimensions:
7 5/8 in x 10 1/8 in
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of the Carnegie Foundation
Object number: 1973.7.7
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.
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