Nicolaas Verkolje, 1735 - The Rape of Europa - fine art print

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Zeus, the king of the gods, has disguised himself as a bull in order to seduce the chaste maiden Europa. To their right Cupid stands ready to shoot his arrows of love. In depicting this story from the Metamorphoses, the famous book by the Roman poet Ovid, Verkolje demonstrates his knowledge of Classical literature. Moreover, he proves his artistic virtuosity by means of the complex composition with numerous figures.

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The artwork with the title The Rape of Europa was made by the baroque master Nicolaas Verkolje. Today, this piece of art belongs to the Rijksmuseum's art collection in Amsterdam, Netherlands. With courtesy of - Rijksmuseum (public domain license).Besides, the artwork has the creditline: . The alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format with an aspect ratio of 1.2 : 1, meaning that the length is 20% longer than the width. The painter, printmaker Nicolaas Verkolje was a European artist, whose artistic style can mainly be classified as Baroque. The Dutch painter was born in 1673 in Delft, South Holland, Netherlands and died at the age of 73 in the year 1746 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

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