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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1849,1003.145
Description: The rape of Europa; Europa on the bull, surrounded by women, a group of women picking flowers on the right, antique temple in ruins and tower on the left and fleet in the background. 1634 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Claude Lorrain
School/style: French
Production date: 1634
Production place: Printed in: Rome (city)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 199 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 258 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 1840-8-8-31 for comment.
Bibliographic references: Mannocci 1988 / The Etchings of Claude Lorrain (14.IV); Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français (XI.22.III); Blum 1923 / Les Eaux-fortes de Claude Gellée dit le Lorrain (9.III)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology
Associated names: Representation of: Europa
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date: 1849
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1849,1003.145

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