# Bronze door: Mythological scene

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FILARETE](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Bronze

## Commentary

The small friezelike figures in the relief between the main fields portray events from the pontificate of Eugenius IV. Antique and contemporary portraits, mythological scenes and animals are inserted in the acanthus tendrils. The picture shows one of the mythological scenes, the Rape of Europa.

## Related artworks

- [Bronze door: Back](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-back-rf29a97bdb68b7b>)
- [Bronze door: Beheading of St Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-beheading-of-st-paul-re9e4b2eb9218f0>)
- [Bronze door: Christ Enthroned](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-christ-enthroned-r0d4045dd0059c9>)
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- [Bronze door: Martyrdom of St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-martyrdom-of-st-peter-r00802bb41a5fbc>)
- [Bronze door: Martyrdom of St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-martyrdom-of-st-peter-rce030a8aaefcc7>)
- [Bronze door: Martyrdom of St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-martyrdom-of-st-peter-rd2cb6cbc3b9a63>)
- [Bronze door: Mary Enthroned](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-mary-enthroned-ra10af80ed3c05d>)
- [Bronze door](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-r71d7879fc1c6bc>)
- [Bronze door](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-r94ac197fe802fc>)
- [Bronze door: St Paul and St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-st-paul-and-st-peter-rf394a4dc0280e2>)
- [Bronze door: St Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/filarete-r25588be98ba8f9/bronze-door-st-paul-r5a7a14e433dc2c>)

## Attribution

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