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Artist



Alternative names	Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	15 July 1606	4 October 1669
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work period	from 1625 until 1669
Work location	Leiden, Amsterdam
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

The abduction of Europa.

Alternative title(s):

De roof van Europa (Ovidius, Metamorphosen II, 833-875).

Date

1632

Medium

oil on oak panel

Dimensions

62.2 × 77 cm (24.5 × 30.3 in)

Current location

The J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles

Accession number

95.PB.7

Notes

Signature bottom right: RHL van // ryn.1632

Provenance: by 1947 (?): Leopold Koppel, Berlin

1995: acquired by The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Source/Photographer

www.getty.edu : Home : Info : Pic

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Notes:

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