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The Rape of Europa
Zeus, the king of the gods, has disguised himself as a bull in order to seduce the chaste maiden Europa. To their right Cupid stands ready to shoot his arrows of love. In depicting this story from the Metamorphoses, the famous book by the Roman poet Ovid, Verkolje demonstrates his knowledge of Classical literature. Moreover, he proves his artistic virtuosity by means of the complex composition wit…
Editore
- Rijksmuseum
Argomento
- http://iconclass.org/92B12181
Tipo di oggetto
- painting
- Pittura
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
Editore
- Rijksmuseum
Argomento
- http://iconclass.org/92B12181
Tipo di oggetto
- painting
- Pittura
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
Fornitore di contenuti
Aggregatore
Dichiarazione dei diritti del supporto in questo record (se non diversamente specificato)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Diritti
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Data di creazione
- c.1735 - c.1740
Luogo-Tempo
- second quarter 18th century
Provenienza
- Inv.;…; ? sale, Grimaldi de Cadix et al.[section Grimaldi], Amsterdam (F. Muller), 4 December 1912 sqq., no. 69, fl. 55;{Copy RKD; please note this painting is on canvas, while the painting in the museum is on panel.} …; sale, Blanchet-Crignon, Versailles, 21 May 2000;{Note RMA; the sale catalogue has not been located.} …; anonymous sale, New York (Sotheby's), 25 January 2001, no. 170, $ 379,750, to the dealer Robert Noortman, Maastricht;{Note RMA.} from whom, fl. 950,000, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, 2001
Codice di identificazione
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.363544
- SK-A-4967
Estensione
- height 57.7 cm
- width 72.8 cm
Formato
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Lingua
- nl
Fa parte di
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Paese fornitore
- Netherlands
Nome della collezione
Pubblicato per la prima volta su Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:47.584Z
Ultimo aggiornamento dal fornitore di contenuti
- 2018-03-17T14:38:13.088Z