The Rape of Europa
Pierre Paul Prud'honWW-1758-282786
1758·etching on chine collé·plate: 13.2 x 18.6 cm (5 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
sheet: 18 x 17.8 cm (7 1/16 x 7 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1758
- Medium
- etching on chine collé
- Dimensions
- plate: 13.2 x 18.6 cm (5 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.) sheet: 18 x 17.8 cm (7 1/16 x 7 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- Pierre Paul Prud'hon
Artist
Pierre Paul Prud'hon
Painting
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon was a French Neo-classical painter and draughtsman best known in his own time for his allegorical paintings and portraits, now for his drawings. He painted a portrait of both of Napoleon's two wives.
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- Pierre Paul Prud'hon
- Year
- 1758
- Medium
- etching on chine collé
- Dimensions
- plate: 13.2 x 18.6 cm (5 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.) sheet: 18 x 17.8 cm (7 1/16 x 7 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1758-282786
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- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
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