Rape of Europa
Primary
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
(Cluny, France, 1758–Paris, France, 1823)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Datecirca 1800
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in. (18.5 × 27.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 5 1/4 × 7 7/16 in. (13.3 × 18.9 cm)
Additional Dimension: 5 1/4 × 7 7/16 in. (13.3 × 18.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.723
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.723
On View
Not on viewPrud’hon bridged the divide between neoclassicist and romantic styles, mastering both the linear conception of the former and the expressive handling of the latter. Best known and admired for his draftsmanship, he made only eight prints in his career. The Rape of Europa is a rare first state of one of them.
Exhibitions
![L'Enlèvement d'Europe [The Rape of Europa]](/internal/media/dispatcher/16547/thumbnail)
![Europa mit dem Stier [Europa and the Bull], from Die Liebschaften des Zeus [The Loves of Zeus]](/internal/media/dispatcher/15229/thumbnail)
