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Antonio Tempesta
The Rape of Europapublished 1606

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Engraving on cream paper showing a woman in flowing robes riding a flower-garlanded bull into the sea, with a coiling serpent below and figures gesturing on the shore in the distance

Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson, The Rape of Europa, published 1606, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Antonio Tempesta
Publisher
Wilhelm Janson
Holland, Amsterdam
Title
The Rape of Europa
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
published 1606
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (10.8 × 12.07 cm) Image: 4 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (10.8 × 11.75 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
65.37.105
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.