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L'Enlèvement d'Europe
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The Rape of Europa
L'Enlèvement d'Europe
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French (active in Rome), 1600–1682)
1634
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 x 26.1 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of George Washington Wales
Accession NumberM1788
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 22; Mannocci 14, vii/vii
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the MFA Wales Collection (Lugt 2544); verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceGeorge Washington Wales, Boston (1815-1896); his gift to the MFA April 15, 1882