Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_-_The_Abduction_of_Europa_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg


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Rembrandt : The Abduction of Europa wikidata:Q1243299 reasonator:Q1243299
Artist
Rembrandt (1606–1669) wikidata:Q5598 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn q:en:Rembrandt
Rembrandt
Alternative names
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 15 July 1606 Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Amsterdam
Work period between circa 1625 and circa 1669
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5598

Details on Google Art Project
Title
The abduction of Europa
label QS:Lit,"Ratto di Europa"
label QS:Lfr,"L'Enlèvement d'Europe"
label QS:Lpl,"Porwanie Europy"
label QS:Lsl,"Ugrabitev Evrope"
label QS:Lnl,"De roof van Europa"
label QS:Lru,"Похищение Европы"
label QS:Lro,"Răpirea Europei"
label QS:Lde,"Der Raub der Europa"
label QS:Lpt,"O Rapto de Europa"
label QS:Len,"The abduction of Europa"
label QS:Les,"El rapto de Europa"
label QS:Lel,"Η απαγωγή της Ευρώπης"
label QS:Lmk,"Грабнувањето на Европа"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Depicted people Zeus Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1632
date QS:P571,+1632-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on oak wood
Dimensions height: 64.6 cm (25.4 in); width: 78.7 cm (30.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,64.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,78.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q29247
Accession number
95.PB.7
Object history by 1652
date QS:P,+1652-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1652-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Jacques Specx (1585-1652), Amsterdam
by 18 November 1736
date QS:P,+1736-11-18T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1736-11-18T00:00:00Z/11
: Jeanne-Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes (1670-1736), Paris / Meudon

27 March 1737–29 March 1737: sale of the collection of Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert (Comtesse de Verrue) at an unknown auction house, Paris , lot no. 87, for 611 livres (as ‘L'Enlévement d'Europe, par Reimbrandt’)

by 1771
date QS:P,+1771-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1771-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Marie-Charles-Louis d'Albert de Luynes (1717-1771), France

1771: inherited by Louis-Joseph-Charles-Amable d'Albert de Luynes (1748-1807), France
21 November 1793: sale of the collection of Louis Joseph Charles Amable (Duc de Luynes) at Paillet, Paris , lot no. 18 (as ‘J. Livence. Une composition de cinq figures sujet de l'enlèvement d'Europe; la droite du Tableau présente une belle masse d'arbres; au-dessus d'un terrain qui borde un rivage, on y remarque un char attelé de quatre chevaux blancs conduits par un homme qui regarde avec étonnement; plus bas sont trois femmes dans la même attitude, regardant s'éloigner leur compagne sur un Taurau blanc. Ce morceau capital de ce Maître est d'un effet harmonieux, & soigneusement terminé. On connoît peu les productions de ce Maître, qui merite d'être placées dans les plus belles collections. Haut. 22 po. sur 29 po. B[ois]’) (?)

by 1865
date QS:P,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Charles de Morny (1811-1865), Paris

31 May 1865–12 June 1865: purchased by Constant Say (1816-1871), France , at the sale of the collection of Charles Auguste Louis Joseph de Morny (duc de Morny) at Exp.: Laneuville C.P.: Pillet, Escribe, Paris , lot no. 70, for FRF 9,100 (as ‘Rembrandt (Van Ryn, Paul). L'Enlèvement d'Europe. Europe est à demi couchée sur le taureau ravisseur qui fend les eaux et gagne le large. Elle saisit de la main droite une des cornes, et de la gauche elle s'attache au cuir du cou. Sur la plage, ses femmes et le conducteur de son char restent stupéfaits ou épouvantés. La mer occupe la droite du tableau. A gauche, la plage s'élève en forme de monticule et est couronnée d'arbres. Dans le fond se découvre une ville. Bois. Haut. 60 cent.; large. 77 cent.’)
1871 (?): inherited by Marie Say (1857-1943), France (?)

by 1897
date QS:P,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Amédée de Broglie, Paris

August 1910: purchased by Thomas Agnew & Sons (art dealer), London , from Amédée de Broglie, Paris
March 1911: purchased by Leopold Koppel (1854-1933), Berlin , from Thomas Agnew & Sons, London
1933: inherited by Else Koppel, Pontresina / New York City , from Leopold Koppel
1975: inherited by Leopold Hugo Paul Klotz (....-1995), New York City , from Else Koppel
1993: ownership transferred to the estate of Leopold Hugo Paul Klotz

1995: purchased by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles , from the estate of Leopold Hugo Paul Klotz through Deborah Gage Works of Art Ltd., New York City
Exhibition history

European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800. Masterpieces of Art , World's Fair, New York City , May 1939–October 1939, OCLC 222146866, cat. no. 295.

A loan exhibition of Rembrandt at Wildenstein , Wildenstein and Company, New York City , 19 January 1950–25 February 1950, cat. no. 7.

The age of Rembrandt , 10 October 1966–13 November 1966, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 26 November 1966–8 January 1967, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo , 21 January 1967–5 March 1967, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Cat.no. 33.

De glorie van de Gouden Eeuw. Nederlandse kunst uit de 17de eeuw. Schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst en kunstnijverheid , Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam , 15 April 2000–17 September 2000, ISBN 90-400-9433-0 , cat. no. 53.

Rembrandt, Pintor de historias , 15 October 2008–6 January 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 10.
Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right:

RHL van \ Ryn.1632
Notes More info at museum site
References

J. Paul Getty Museum , as The Abduction of Europa .

RKDimages, Art-work number 46813 , as The abduction of Europa , height: 64.6 cm (25.4 in); width: 78.7 cm (30.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,64.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,78.7U174728
Web Gallery of Art , as The Abduction of Europa , height: 62 cm (24.4 in); width: 77 cm (30.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,62U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,77U174728
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Source/Photographer JwHVmnI-bQWnRw at Google Cultural Institute zoom level scaled down maximum
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The Abduction of Europa, 1632. Oil on panel.

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