The Abduction of Europa
<p><em>The Abduction of Europa</em> and <a href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111649/abraham-s-sacrifice-of-isaac"><em>Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac</em></a> 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 <em>Theatrum Pictorium</em> (Theater of painting) in 1660. A prolific painter of peasant subjects and other everyday scenes, Teniers also served as the archduke’s curator.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1654
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Painting
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, and artist. He was an extremely versatile artist known for his prolific output. He was an innovator in a wide range of genres such as history painting, genre painting, landscape painting, portrait and still life. He is now best remembered as the leading Flemish genre painter of his day. Teniers is particularly known for developing the peasant genre, the tavern scene, pictures of collections and scenes with alchemists and physicians.
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More by David Teniers the Younger
Tavern Scene
1658 · oil on panel
Peasants Dancing and Feasting
1655 · Oil on canvas
Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac
1654 · Oil on panel
The Abduction of Europa
1654 · Oil on panel
Adam and Eve in Paradise
1650 · Oil on panel, over traces of underdrawing in black
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
1650 · Oil on copper
Record
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- 1654
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1654-136739
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified