Rape of Europa

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Rape of Europa

Farinati, Paolo

c. 1742

Accession Number

2018.91.13

Medium

chiaroscuro woodcut printed in green and brown on laid paper

Dimensions

block: 42.5 × 28 cm (16 3/4 × 11 in.) | sheet: 54.7 × 38.3 cm (21 9/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund