PrintsFrench18th century

Rape of Europa

18th century

Artists

Nicolas Le SueurArtist

Paolo FarinatiArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 42.5 × 27.5 cm (16 3/4 × 10 13/16 in.) Sheet: 46 × 30.4 cm (18 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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