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The Rape of Europa (Reni)

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Year
  
1637–1639

Owner
  
Estate of Denis Mahon

Created
  
1639

Medium
  
Oil on canvas

Artist
  
Guido Reni

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Location
  
National Gallery, London

Similar
  
Portrait of girl with a crown, Lucretia, Rosary Madonna, Assumption of the Virgin, David with the Head of Goliath

The Rape of Europa is a painting commissioned by Władysław IV Vasa from the Italian artist Guido Reni, completed between 1637 and 1639 and showing the abduction of Europa by Zeus in the form of a bull. It was later collected by Denis Mahon, who loaned it to the National Gallery, where it is still on display.

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The Rape of Europa (Reni) Wikipedia