6 in.; signed, dated Rome, 1667. A sea-*coast view in early morning light; Europa and the bull in foreground, and group of trees in middle distance; in background, left, hills. Replica of picture painted for Pope Alexander VII. in 1655. Bought by George IV. at Lord Gwydyr sale (1829) for £2,000. Engraved by Radclyffe, and by Claude himself. Liber Veritatis, No. 136. Another Europa, Liber Veritatis, 144, was in collection of Sir Philip Miles, Leigh Court.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 23; Pattison, Claude Lorrain, 71, 227.
By Titian, Cobham Hall, England; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. × 6 ft. 8 in.; signed. Jupiter, in the form of a bull, with Europa on his back, rushes through the brine, while Eros, with expanded wings, clings to a dolphin following, and two Cupids fly overhead; in the distance Europa's companions on the shore bewail her loss. Painted in 1562 for Philip II. of Spain; given by Philip V. in 1704 to Marquis de Grammont, through whose hands it passed to the Orleans Collection; sold in 1798 to Lord Berwick for £700 Copy by Rubens in Madrid Museum; another, probably by Del Mazo, is in collection of Sir Richard Wallace; poor copy in Dulwich Gallery.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 319; Waagen, Treasures, iii. 19.
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Rape of Europa, Paolo Veronese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice.
By Paolo Veronese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; canvas. Jupiter, in the form of a bull, lying down under trees to receive Europa, who, aided by attendants, is seating herself on his back; above, two Cupids bring wreaths of flowers, and a third holds the bull by a cord attached to a wreath around his horns; at right, the bull is seen entering the water with Europa on his back, with attendants, and Cupid bearing a torch; in distance, the bull swimming, with attendants on shore taking leave of Europa. Left to the Republic by Bertucci Contarini in 1715. Taken to Paris in 1798; returned in 1817. Ruskin says: One of the very few pictures which both possess and deserve a high reputation.
