The Rape of Europa
Spanish: El rapto de Europa[1]
ArtistFrancisco Goya(1746-1828)[2]
Year1772[3]
Dimensions47 cm × 68 cm (19 in × 27 in)
LocationPrivate Collection[4]

The Rape of Europa (Spanish: El rapto de Europa) is a 1772 painting created by Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes[5] (1746–1828) depicting Europa's abduction by the Greek god Zeus in the form of a bull. The classical theme from Greek mythology has also been painted by numerous Old Masters.

See also

Bibliography

Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España

References

  1. ^ Carrie B. Douglass (1999). Bulls, Bullfighting, and Spanish Identities. University of Arizona Press. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-0-8165-1652-0.
  2. ^ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas (1967). Anales.
  3. ^ Melissa Hyde; Melissa Lee Hyde; François Boucher (2006). Making Up the Rococo: François Boucher and His Critics. Getty Publications. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-0-89236-743-6.
  4. ^ Roger Adolf d'. Hulst (October 1974). Jordaens drawings. Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714816197.
  5. ^ Catálogo de las exposiciones de arte en ... Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. 1964.

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