| Veronese, Paolo 1528 - 1588 |
| The Rape of Europe, 1580 |
| Oil on canvas, 94.49 x 119.29 inches [240 x 303 cm] |
| Sala di Anticollegio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice |
| Sacred Art |
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VEP003 |
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60x47 inches |
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1120 USD |
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OIL PAINTING : The Rape of Europe, 1580 |
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Painted between 1576 and 1580 by Veronese, The Rape of Europe was reported by Zanetti as hanging in its present place in 1755; it was removed by the French in 1797 and taken to Paris, where it was restored and altered. The Rape of Europe represents the mythical rape of Europa by Jupiter in the guise of a bull, as she prepares to mount on the god's back with the help of her maids. The action unfolds towards the right in the manner of a stage sequence, in successive scenes down to the final plunge into the waves of the sea. The composition clearly marks the moment of transition from Renaissance Classicism to seventeenth-century Arcadia. The sumptuous decor and rich colouring were to provide a seminal experience for subsequent Baroque painting. Thus the painting of Veronese initiates the exaltation of the ruling class through court mythology intended to rekindle the aristocracy's love of pomp and circumstance by allegories with which it could identify itself.
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