David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690)
After Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576)
The Abduction of Europa
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David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690)
After Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576)1654–56
The Abduction of Europa
David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690) After Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576) →17th Centuryoil paintings (visual works)paint
Date
1654–56
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
21.3 × 31.5 cm (8 3/8 × 12 3/8 in.); Framed: 33.7 × 43.2 × 6 cm (13 1/4 × 17 × 2 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson
The Abduction of Europa and Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac are among the more than 200 lively, small-scale copies by David Teniers the Younger recording the superb art collection of his patron, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, ruler of the Spanish Netherlands. They were created as models for the engraved illustrations in a catalogue of the archduke’s collection, which was printed and made available for purchase by the public as the Theatrum Pictorium (Theater of painting) in 1660. A prolific painter of peasant subjects and other everyday scenes, Teniers also served as the archduke’s curator.
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