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Léon Davent
The Abduction of Europacirca 1542-1547

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting four draped women and a bull in a tightly grouped classical scene, with dense crosshatched shading
Artist or Maker
Léon Davent
Title
The Abduction of Europa
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1542-1547
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (24.13 × 21.59 cm) Image: 9 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (23.5 × 21.27 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.64
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.