# The Rape of Europa

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VOUET, Simon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vouet-simon-r12582b521c04a5>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 179 x 142 cm

## Commentary

The Rape of Europa c. 1640 Oil on canvas, 179 x 142 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Suggested by its subject, style and size, this canvas may have formed part of one of the major iconographical programmes for decorative schemes in palace interiors in which Vouet was extremely successful.

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## Attribution

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