Rape of Europa

Rape of Europa

SK-A-4009

De roof van Europa. De koningsdochter Europa wordt door Zeus in de gedaante van een stier ontvoerd over zee. Op het strand links heffen twee dienstmaagden hun armen in wanhoop in de lucht.

• painter: anonymous, Venice
• painter: Schiavone [rejected attribution]

1550 - 1599

oil on canvas

height 31 cm x width 84 cm x thickness 2 cm

Public domain

…; donated by Kronig, to Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, 1916;{File RMA.} his widow, Anna Theresia Elisabeth Lanz - Willi (1870 - 1954), Amsterdam, 1935; from whom, CHF 2,000,000 and fl. 350,000, with xx other paintings, to Hans Posse (1879-1942), for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz, through the mediation of the dealer N. Katz, 1941;{Van Os 1978, p. 167.} war recuperation, SNK, 15 January 1946 (inv. no. NK 2348);{Provenance from 1934 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 11274.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1435); transferred to the museum, 1960

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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