{"id":3784,"date":"2012-04-04T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T20:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/rosso\/?page_id=3784"},"modified":"2012-08-17T10:02:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T14:02:45","slug":"e-9-boyvin-europa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/catalogues\/engravings\/e-9-boyvin-europa\/","title":{"rendered":"E.9 Rape of Europa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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E.9 Boyvin?, Rape of Europa<\/p><\/div>\n

Engraving by Ren\u00e9 Boyvin?, 21.2 x 10.4 L (Vienna).<\/p>\n

Fig.E.9<\/a> (Vienna)<\/p>\n

Robert-Dumesnil, VIII, 1850, 30-31, no. 26.\u00a0 Le Blanc, 1854-1890, I, 506, 15, as Boyvin after Rosso.\u00a0 Herbet, III, 1899, 36 (1969, 124).\u00a0 Levron, 1941, 74, no. 175, Pl. LXXV.<\/p>\n

COLLECTIONS: London, W3-126.\u00a0 Paris, Ed. 3.\u00a0 Vienna, F.I.3., p.12, no. 21.<\/p>\n

LITERATURE:<\/p>\n

Mariette, Ab\u00e9c\u00e9dario<\/em>, 1858-1859, 19, as Boyvin after Rosso.<\/p>\n

Kusenberg, 1931, 161.\u00a0 Linzeler, 1932, 174.<\/p>\n

Borea, 1980, 258, no. 655, 261, Fig. (London).<\/p>\n

Carroll, 1987, 44, 268-269, no. 84, with Fig. (Vienna).<\/p>\n

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This engraving reproduces in the original direction the composition by Rosso at the left of the Royal Elephant<\/em> in the Gallery of Francis I (Fig.P.22, VI N a<\/a>).\u00a0 Europa is entirely nude in the print, while drapery falls around her thigh and buttock in the painting.\u00a0 There is also more drapery elsewhere in the painting.\u00a0 Europa\u2019s hair has ribbons in the print.\u00a0 In the print, the bull\u2019s testicles are far larger, and its right leg is entirely visible.\u00a0 The bullrushes are at the left of the bull in the somewhat oval painting and in the lower left corner of the rectangular engraving.<\/p>\n

The print is probably based on a lost drawing by Rosso of 1534-1536 that was slightly modified – towards a slightly greater modesty – in the painting.<\/p>\n

As the print is neither signed nor bears Boyvin\u2019s monogram, his authorship or that of his shop is not certain.\u00a0 Boyvin\u2019s prints are generally in reverse of their models but this engraving is not.\u00a0 The print forms a pair with E.10 (Fig.E.10<\/a>), Saturn and Philyra<\/em>.\u00a0 Robert-Dumesnil believes the Rape of Europa<\/em> is better executed but this is not necessarily true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Engraving by Ren\u00e9 Boyvin?, 21.2 x 10.4 L (Vienna). Fig.E.9 (Vienna) Robert-Dumesnil, VIII, 1850, 30-31, no. 26.\u00a0 Le Blanc, 1854-1890, I, 506, 15, as Boyvin after Rosso.\u00a0 Herbet, III, 1899, 36 (1969, 124).\u00a0 Levron, 1941, 74, no. 175, Pl. LXXV. COLLECTIONS: London, W3-126.\u00a0 Paris, Ed. 3.\u00a0 Vienna, F.I.3., p.12, no. 21. LITERATURE: Mariette, Ab\u00e9c\u00e9dario, 1858-1859, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":824,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3784","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3784"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6539,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3784\/revisions\/6539"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}