The Rape of Europa

Giovanni Battista Palumba

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Palumba

Artist, Italian, active first quarter 16th century

The image shows a woman reclined slightly forward on the back of a bull. She grasps the bull's neck, with a calm expression on her face. Her hair flows around her shoulders, and she wears a draped garment. The bull is in motion, seemingly moving through water. The background includes mountains, a river, trees, and a village or castle on a hill. Wispy clouds fill the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.1 x 14.8 cm (7 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5803

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.257, no. 8, State a

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 82 (as Nicoletta Rosex).

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.163.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q65020172

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