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Europa (Greek mythological character)

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  • Orpheus and Eurydice; Endymion and Diana (Artemis); the rape of Europa by Jupiter (Zeus). Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • The rape of Europa. Engraving by J. Frey after F. Albani.
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    The rape of Europa. Engraving by J. Frey after F. Albani.

    Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660. | Date: 1732 | Reference: 11722i
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    Landscapes with episodes in Greek myth. Engravings after Hans Bol, 1601.

    Bol, Hans, 1534-1593. | Date: 1601 | Reference: 653038i
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    Orpheus and Eurydice; Endymion and Diana (Artemis); the rape of Europa by Jupiter (Zeus). Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Date: [between 1670 and 1679?] | Reference: 11614i
    Part of: Paintings by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Etchings by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
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    Portraits of 17th-century painters etc. who worked in England ; use of machines designed by Jacques Besson. Engravings and etchings, ca. 1569-1809.

    | Reference: 29181i
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    Europa (right), grieving after her rape by Jupiter, is consoled by Venus and Cupid (centre); Jupiter disguised as a bull looks on from the left background. Engraving by T. Cook and R. Pollard, 1797, after B. West, 1772.

    West, Benjamin, 1738-1820. | Date: Jany: 30th; 1797 | Reference: 3154445i
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