DrawingsItalian16th century

The Rape of Europa

16th century

Artists

Giulio RomanoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.5 × 23.4 cm (6 1/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Christina van Marle, London, sold to Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., 1980. (Seiden & de Cuevas is now known as Vermeer Associates, Ltd) Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 1980, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998. Placed on long-term loan with Fogg Art Museum in 1980

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