. English: Watercolour, gouache and pen and ink, on laid paper. Numbered: 33. Dimensions: cm. by cm. To be executed in statuary marble or alabaster; enamel dial within gilt bronze bezel. Europa in the act of garlanding the Bull with flowers, a rocky outcrop beneath the beast fronted by the clock dial with rope bezel, the base with a frieze of dancing maidens suspending a swag forming a swing for Cupid. The use of the Europa myth and its use in the Restoration period was as an allusion to Napoleon’s rape of Europe. Here Europa is shown on the Bull still on the shore, before being carr
. English: Watercolour, gouache and pen and ink, on laid paper. Numbered: 33. Dimensions: cm. by cm. To be executed in statuary marble or alabaster; enamel dial within gilt bronze bezel. Europa in the act of garlanding the Bull with flowers, a rocky outcrop beneath the beast fronted by the clock dial with rope bezel, the base with a frieze of dancing maidens suspending a swag forming a swing for Cupid. The use of the Europa myth and its use in the Restoration period was as an allusion to Napoleon’s rape of Europe. Here Europa is shown on the Bull still on the shore, before being carried off to Crete and ravished. The frieze depicts her dancing female attendants who were left behind on the shore. between 1815 and Unknown 564 Sketch of a French Empire style clock. The Rape of Europa
Size: 1936px × 2581px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., /, /., 1815, , unknown.
