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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.188
People
Giulio Romano, Italian (Rome 1499? - 1546 Mantua)
Title
The Rape of Europa
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312012

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
15.5 × 23.4 cm (6 1/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, blue pencil: 590

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Christina van Marle, London, sold to Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., 1980. (Seiden & de Cuevas is now known as Vermeer Associates, Ltd)
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 1980, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998. Placed on long-term loan with Fogg Art Museum in 1980

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton and Marian H. Phinney Funds
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.188
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Verification Level

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