The Rape of Europa (Reni)

The Rape of Europa
The Rape of Europa
Artist	Guido Reni
Year	1637–1639
Medium	Oil on canvas
Location	National Gallery, London
	52°21′30.30″N 4°52′51.90″E / 52.3584167°N 4.8810833°E
Owner	Estate of Denis Mahon

ArtistGuido Reni

Year1637–1639

MediumOil on canvas

LocationNational Gallery, London

The Rape of Europa is a painting commissioned by Władysław IV Vasa from the Italian artist Guido Reni, completed between 1637 and 1639 and showing the abduction of Europa by Zeus in the form of a bull. It was later collected by Denis Mahon,^[1] who loaned it to the National Gallery, to which it was presented in 2013 by the Trustees of Sir Denis Mahon's Charitable Trust through the Art Fund.^[2]

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List of works
Paintings	Portrait of Beatrice Cenci (c. 1600; attribution) The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (c. 1606) Charity (Florence; c. 1611) Massacre of the Innocents (1611) Aurora (1614) Saint Sebastian (Rome, c. 1615) Four Seasons (c. 1617–1620) Risen Christ (1620) The Flight into Egypt (c. 1622) Jesus Meets John the Baptist (c. 1622) Saint Francis in Ecstasy (c. 1622) Atalanta and Hippomenes (1620–1625) Cupids Fighting Putti (c. 1625) The Abduction of Helen (1628–1629) Charity (New York; c. 1629–1630) Saint Sebastian (Auckland; c. 1625) Annunciation (c. 1629) Palla della Peste (1631–1632) Saint Matthew and the Angel (c. 1635) Assumption of the Virgin Castelfranco Emilia, 1627 Lyon, 1637 Munich, c. 1638–1639 Saint Sebastian (London; 1620–1639) Fortuna (c. 1637) The Rape of Europa (1637–1639) Polyphemus (1639–1640) Saint Joseph with the Christ Child (c. 1625–1630; 1635, c. 1640) Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1642)
Related	Bolognese School

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