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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…
Editor
- Rijksmuseum
Assunto
- http://iconclass.org/92B12181
Tipo de item
- painting
- Pintura
Médio
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
Editor
- Rijksmuseum
Assunto
- http://iconclass.org/92B12181
Tipo de item
- painting
- Pintura
Médio
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
Instituição fornecedora
Agregador
Declaração de direitos para os média neste item (a menos que especificado de outra forma)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Direitos
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Data de criação
- c.1735 - c.1740
Local - Hora
- second quarter 18th century
Proveniência
- 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
Identificador
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.363544
- SK-A-4967
Extensão
- height 57.7 cm
- width 72.8 cm
Formato
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Língua
- nl
É parte de
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
País fornecedor
- Netherlands
Nome da coleção
Publicado pela primeira vez na Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:47.584Z
Última atualização da instituição fornecedora
- 2018-03-17T14:38:13.088Z