The Rape of Europa by Titian

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"The Rape of Europa" by Titian is a renowned 16th-century Venetian masterpiece depicting the mythological abduction of Europa by Zeus in the form of a bull.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork ⓘ
painting ⓘ
appliedTo canvas ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod High Renaissance ⓘ
Mannerism ⓘ
artist Titian ⓘ
artMedium oil on canvas ⓘ
basedOn Greek mythology ⓘ
myth of Europa and Zeus ⓘ
cataloguedAs Gardner Museum painting P21e ⓘ
collection Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection ⓘ
colorPalette rich Venetian colorism ⓘ
commissionedBy Philip II of Spain ⓘ
completionDate 1562 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
creator Titian ⓘ
depictionLocation shore of Phoenicia ⓘ
depicts Europa ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
abduction of Europa ⓘ
bull ⓘ
genre mythological painting ⓘ
hasSubject drapery ⓘ
landscape ⓘ
nude female figure ⓘ
putti ⓘ
sea ⓘ
height 190 cm ⓘ
inception 1560s ⓘ
influenced later Baroque mythological painting ⓘ
influencedBy classical literature ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Boston ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
United States ⓘ
location Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Venetian Renaissance ⓘ
notableOwner Isabella Stewart Gardner ⓘ
partOf poesie for Philip II ⓘ
portraysEvent Europa carried across the sea ⓘ
previousOwner Spanish royal collection ⓘ
linked to: Spanish royal court
significantFor dramatic composition ⓘ
dynamic movement ⓘ
expressive color ⓘ
titleInItalian Il ratto d’Europa ⓘ
titleInSpanish El rapto de Europa ⓘ
linked to: The Rape of Europa
width 265 cm ⓘ

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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum → notableWorkInCollection → The Rape of Europa by Titian ⓘ
The Rape of Europa (Guido Reni) → relatedWorkBySubject → The Rape of Europa (Titian) ⓘ
subject linked to: The Rape of Europa
linked to: The Rape of Europa by Titian