The Rape of Europa

Pierre Paul Prud'hon

Artist, French, 1758 - 1823

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • 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

  • 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

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