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After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546)
The abduction of Europa 1525-50
Pen and ink with wash, on discoloured paper with wormholes | 18.1 x 22.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990300
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546)
The abduction of Europa 1525-50
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A drawing of Europa, nude and seen from behind, being carried off on the back of a bull, the god Jupiter in disguise. A studio copy of Giulio's original, formerly in the Ellesmere collection (ill. Giulio Romano, exh. cat. Mantua 1989, p. 160).
Provenance
Listed in George III’s Inventory A, c.1800-20: p. 52, ‘Guilio [sic] Romano, Polidoro, e Perino del Vaga’, Tom. 2, no. 12, ‘Europa & the Bull’.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink with wash, on discoloured paper with wormholes
Measurements
18.1 x 22.8 cm (sheet of paper)
