Paneel met Ontvoering van Europa in medaillon, Jean Lepautre, c. 1655 - c. 1657

Title(s)

Paneel met Ontvoering van Europa in medaillon
Ornemens de Paneaux (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

6/?

Object number

RP-P-1964-2862

Catalogue reference

• Orn Cat II 8792

Artist

• print maker: Jean Lepautre
• after own design by: Jean Lepautre
• publisher: Pierre Mariette (II) (mentioned on object)
• Lodewijk XIV (koning van Frankrijk) (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: France (possibly)
after own design by: France (possibly)
publisher: Paris

Dating

c. 1655 - c. 1657

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 222 mm × width 149 mm

What

• Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1964

Copyright

Public domain

• Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II : the seventeenth century, deel 2, p. 491, cat.nr. 8792