The Rape of Europa
Artist, French, 1758 - 1823

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on chine collé
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 13.2 x 18.6 cm (5 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
sheet: 18 x 17.8 cm (7 1/16 x 7 in.) -
Accession
2004.128.35
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Catalogue Raisonné
Goncourt 1876, no. 3, State i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2004.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1876
Goncourt, Edmond de. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint, dessine et grave de P.P. Prud'hon. Paris: Rapilly, 1876.
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower center in graphite: -yes-; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: PiereP; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Pierre Paul Prud'hon Enlevement d'Europe / Eau forte originale 1er etat no2
Wikidata ID
Q75428105