CLAUDE LORRAIN
The Rape of Europa
(L'Enlèvement d'Europe)
1634

Medium
etching

Measurements
19.6 × 26.0 cm (image) 20.2 × 26.6 cm (plate) 20.4 × 26.8 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Mannocci 14 vii/vii

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: CLAUDIO GILLE / I. N.V . F . ROMÆ 1634

Accession Number
1013-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
abduction Abduction of Europa (Greco-Roman narrative) bulls (animals) cattle coastal landscapes Europa (Greek character) Phoenicia (historical region) ships