Rape of Europa

Prints and Drawings

1652-1705

Luca Giordano
Italian, 1632-1705

Among the most famous Baroque artists from Naples, Luca Giordano was nicknamed Luca fa presto (Luca creates quickly), which can be appreciated in the spontaneity of his draftsmanship as well as that of his paintings. Reminiscent of the famous Venetian painting by Titian, the drawing tells the story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses in which the god Jupiter takes on the form of a white bull in order to lure Europa away.

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Artist: Luca Giordano
Title: Rape of Europa
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Artist's working dates 1672–1705
Medium: Brush and brown oil paint, with black chalk, heightened with white oil paint, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 17.3 × 23.6 cm (6 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 1922.797
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