The Rape of Europa
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1725
Why it's great
A young woman sits on the back of a white bull, who is the god Jupiter in disguise, as her maids wave and cry. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo painted it in about 1725.
Where to see it
📍 Gallerie dell'AccademiaVenezia-Murano-Burano, Italy
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was born in Venice and became the greatest Italian painter of the 1700s. He painted huge, airy ceilings full of angels, gods and clouds in churches and palaces in Italy, Germany and Spain. His light, bright colors defined the last great age of Venetian painting. He died in Madrid in 1770.
