The Rape of Europe The robbery of Europe, The robbery of Europe. Based on the Metamorphoses of Ovid (liber II, 848-875). The nymph Europa, daughter of Agenor, is located right in the middle of a beach. She decorates the horns of Jupiter, which has been turned into a white bull, with a flower garland. Right under the bull is Cupid with his quiver. To the left of Europe are her companions, a group of six nymphs and one girl, talking and picking flowers. Behind them trees with a view of a mountainous landscape with an antique villa, a second look to the right shows a classicist city with an
The Rape of Europe The robbery of Europe, The robbery of Europe. Based on the Metamorphoses of Ovid (liber II, 848-875). The nymph Europa, daughter of Agenor, is located right in the middle of a beach. She decorates the horns of Jupiter, which has been turned into a white bull, with a flower garland. Right under the bull is Cupid with his quiver. To the left of Europe are her companions, a group of six nymphs and one girl, talking and picking flowers. Behind them trees with a view of a mountainous landscape with an antique villa, a second look to the right shows a classicist city with an obelisk in the background on the other side of a bay. Two ships are in the bay. On the beach in the foreground are different shells and loose flowers, in the right-hand corner two putti are busy measuring the depth of the water by means of a deep-fold, Europe and her maidens play with the bull, and / or adorn it with flowers, Nicolaas Verkolje, c. 1735 - c. 1740, panel, oil paint (paint), h cm × w cm
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