The Rape of Europa by Titian

E147306

"The Rape of Europa" by Titian is a renowned 16th-century Venetian masterpiece depicting the mythological abduction of Europa by Zeus in the form of a bull.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Rape of Europa by Titian canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork
painting
appliedTo canvas
artHistoricalPeriod High Renaissance
Mannerism
artist Titian
artMedium oil on canvas
basedOn Greek mythology
myth of Europa and Zeus
cataloguedAs Gardner Museum painting P21e
collection Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection
colorPalette rich Venetian colorism
commissionedBy Philip II of Spain
completionDate 1562
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice
creator Titian
depictionLocation shore of Phoenicia
depicts Europa
Zeus
abduction of Europa
bull
genre mythological painting
hasSubject drapery
landscape
nude female figure
putti
sea
height 190 cm
inception 1560s
influenced later Baroque mythological painting
influencedBy classical literature
languageOfTitle Italian
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts
United States of America
surface form: United States
location Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
materialUsed oil paint
movement Venetian Renaissance
notableOwner Isabella Stewart Gardner
partOf poesie for Philip II
portraysEvent Europa carried across the sea
previousOwner Spanish royal court
surface form: Spanish royal collection
significantFor dramatic composition
dynamic movement
expressive color
titleInItalian Il ratto d’Europa
titleInSpanish The Rape of Europa
surface form: El rapto de Europa
width 265 cm

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum notableWorkInCollection The Rape of Europa by Titian