The Rape of Europa
Paolo Veronese, 1580
For now, just to look at
The photograph we have of this work is not sharp enough to print at the quality we want, so we are not selling it for now. We are looking for a better one.
About the work
- Artist
- Paolo Veronese
- Date
- 1580
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 235 × 296 cm
- Collection
- Palazzo Ducale, Venice (Sala dell'Anticollegio)
- Reference
- XDV-3359
What the museum label doesn't tell you
The small version of the same subject held at the National Gallery in London was considered a fake or 'workshop' piece for much of the twentieth century, until its cleaning in 1999 revealed technique and materials typical of Veronese, restoring the attribution.
