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The Rape of Europa (L’Enlèvement d’Europe)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Artwork Details

The Rape of Europa (L’Enlèvement d’Europe)
1758-1823
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
etching on chine colle, mounted on white paper
5 in. x 7 3/16 in. ( 12.7 cm x 18.3 cm )
Museum Purchase
1990/2.64

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Prud'hon's etching of the abduction of the princess Europa by Jupiter, disguised as a bull, was never finished. It was based on an antique relief.

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