Rape of Europa

ca. 1776

After Claude Gellée , Artist Richard Earlom , Artist John Boydell , Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title Rape of Europa

Artwork Date ca. 1776

Makers After Claude Gellée (Artist) French, 1600-1682 Richard Earlom (Artist) English, 1743 - 1822 John Boydell (Publisher) English, 1719-1804

Medium Etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions 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)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S456

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Inscriptions 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.

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April 1886, Dorman Sale

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Kitson, M. Claude Lorrain: Liber Veritatis. London, 1978, no. 144.

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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.