Europe turns a last glance at her companions, who are located outside the composition, as Jupiter carries her away. The god was profoundly enamored of her and transformed into a bull in order to approach her. This story from Ovid´s Metamorphoses is depicted by Rubens in a very succinct manner in this preparatory sketch for a painting Erasmus Quellinus made for the Torre de la Parada.
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Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856).
Núm. 896.
Autor P.P.Rubens / 896. Un cuadro titulado 'el rapto de Europa' / Alto 0,15 ancho 0,14
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