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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…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/92B12181
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/92B12181
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1735 - c.1740
Place-Time
- second quarter 18th century
Provenance
- 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
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.363544
- SK-A-4967
Extent
- height 57.7 cm
- width 72.8 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:47.584Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:13.088Z