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The Rape of Europa is a painting by the Venetian artist Titian, painted c. 1560–1562. It is in the permanent collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum , in Boston . The oil-on-canvas painting measures 178 by 205 centimetres (70 in × 81 in).
The Rape of Europa c. 1560–1562, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, is a bold diagonal composition that Rubens admired and copied. In contrast to the clarity of Titian's early works, it is almost baroque in its blurred lines, swirling colours, and vibrant brushstrokes.
The painting depicts Lucretia about to commit suicide to preserve her honour after disclosing her rape by Sextus Tarquinius the previous night, making her the model of Roman female virtus. Her face looks up to the divine illumination coming from above, giving her the strength to commit the act.
The Rape of Europa, c. 1560–1562, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Diana and Actaeon, 1556–1559, owned jointly by London's National Gallery and the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh; Diana and Callisto, 1556–1559, owned jointly by London's National Gallery and the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh
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Diana and Callisto is a painting completed between 1556 and 1559 by the Italian late Renaissance artist Titian.It portrays the moment in which the goddess Diana discovers that her maid Callisto has become pregnant by Jupiter. [1]
The painting is mentioned in several historical documents, since it has been the subject of veneration and devotion, due to its alleged miraculous properties. [2] It was originally located in the church of San Rocco, annexed to the eponymous Scuola where it is now, although it is unknown if it was on a pillar near the high altar or in a side chapel.
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