Sujet

Coast View with the Abduction of Europa, (1645?). Creator: Claude Lorrain.

Légende

Coast View with the Abduction of Europa, (1645?). The maiden Europa rests atop a white bull, unaware it is the god Jupiter in disguise. According to the tale in Ovid's "Metamorphoses", soon the animal will abduct her across the waves. Until then, she and her attendants festoon the seemingly innocent beast with flowers, while her blue drapery flutters in the breeze. In the upper right corner, a hazy poetic light illuminates her home city of Tyre, further evoking an idyllic antique world.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A63_095

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,5Mo (2,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 33,1cm / 4960 x 3913 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation animal coast female women woman people beach religious landscape arts painting coastal country shore French France religion livestock cattle art ship ships view color scene bull deity God antique depiction location century vista maiden disguise artwork Jupiter concept mythology roman mythology disguised farm animal goddess abduction 17th century farm animals Colour water transport Europa Greek mythology seventeenth century Jove young women young woman Maidens Claude Lorrain Claude Gellee Lorrain Claude 1640s Gellee Claude Heritage Art Claude Lorraine Gell?e Claude Claude Gell?e