The Rape of Europa

Pietro Antonio de Pietri . Italy. 1663-1716. red chalk on paper. Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III. 1811.23.

Marks/Inscriptions

• "Pietro da Petri" (inscription, verso of old mount (lost), )

Provenance

• James Bowdoin III (Collector, Boston) -1811
• Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811-

Exhibition History

• Representations of Rape and Abduction: European Art from 1500-1800. Bowdoin College (10/9/2001, 11/11/2001)
• Old Master Drawings at Bowdoin College. (5/17/1985, 6/29/1986)
• From Revolution to Statehood: Maine Towns, Maine People, 1783-1820. Maine Humanities Council (4/5/1983, 4/1/1984)