[Landscape with The Rape of Europa.] No. 6.[From the Original Drawing in the collection of R.P. Knight Esq.r.]
Claude fecit Rome 1670. Claude delin.t. R. Earlom sculp.t.
Pub Jan 20, 1802, by J and J Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Etching, rare proof before mezzotint. 365 x 360mm (10½ x 14") large margins. Slight creasing.
A scene near a harbour with contemporary ships. In the foreground Europe sits astride Zeus in the guise of a bull. From the 'Liber Veritatis', Book III.
[Ref: 44236] £130.00
Pub Jan 20, 1802, by J and J Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Etching, rare proof before mezzotint. 365 x 360mm (10½ x 14") large margins. Slight creasing.
A scene near a harbour with contemporary ships. In the foreground Europe sits astride Zeus in the guise of a bull. From the 'Liber Veritatis', Book III.
[Ref: 44236] £130.00