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Abduction of Europe Oil on Canvas, 18th Century, After Veronese

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Rapture of Europe Oil on canvas. 17th century, following the model of VERONESE, Paolo Caliari (Verona, 1528-Venice, 1588). Oil on canvas showing a scene from classical mythology set in a natural landscape with leafy trees and a pyramid-shaped fragment of ruins in the background. Note (because of the clothing) that the female character situated on a white bull in the group on the left is the same one that appears walking away on the animal on the right and, again, in the water, at the bottom of the composition. Europa was a Phoenician princess who was kidnapped by Zeus: the god was transformed into a white bull and mixed with the cattle that the girl's father had. She saw him while picking flowers with her entourage of ladies and seeing the bull, she approached the animal. After verifying that it was tame, it ended up on its back, at which time Zeus took the opportunity to take it on his back to Crete, entering the sea. Paolo Caliari or Cagliari, better known as Paolo Veronese or Veronese, was a very important painter of Venetian Mannerism. He dealt with the same subject with a very similar composition in a canvas painted in 1573 and which is preserved in the Antecolegio of the Doge's Palace in Venice, and in another canvas dated between 1580 and 1585 which is in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. This work is clearly based on the second painting mentioned, since it was a frequent source of inspiration for numerous painters and, particularly, for the Spanish scholars in Rome (the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid preserves another Rapture of Europe inspired by the same work of Veronese, but this one made by Alejandro de la Cruz, a student of Mengs who was pensioned in 1765 by the Academy in Rome). · Size: 191x7x158 cms. 167x134 cm International Buyers – Please Note: for those articles that need Export Permits (those older than 100 years), the obtaining of the Permit will be processed without additional expenses (if you choose the seller sends it to you), but the period for the obtention of it may vary from 10 to 35 days.
  • Similar to:
    Paolo Veronese (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 62.21 in (158 cm)Width: 75.2 in (191 cm)Depth: 2.76 in (7 cm)
  • Style:
    Baroque (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Canvas,Other
  • Place of Origin:
    Europe
  • Period:
    18th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    18th Century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor structural damages. Minor fading.
  • Seller Location:
    Madrid, ES
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: zf09711stDibs: LU2951330984792

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