Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Claude le Lorrain delint | No 144. Inscribed, lower center: Published Sepr 2d. 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. | From the Original Drawing, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. Inscribed, lower right: R. Earlom fecit.
Rape of Europa, ca. 1776
- John Boydell, English, 1719-1804
- Richard Earlom, English, 1743 - 1822
- Claude Gellée, French, 1600-1682
Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on laid paper
- Plate: 8 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (20.6 × 26 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 7/8 inches (27.3 × 37.8 cm)
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S456
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Details
April 1886, Dorman Sale
Kitson, M. Claude Lorrain: LIBER VERITATIS. London, 1978, no. 144.
Richard Earlom; after Claude Gellée, Rape of Europa, ca. 1776, etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S456.
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