The Rape of Europa
Artist: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
A small Venetian oil on canvas at Dulwich Picture Gallery shows the classical myth of Europa carried off across dark water by a white bull. The object record names Titian as the artist, calls it a mythological painting, and dates it to the seventeenth century, a date later than Titian's death. This tour follows what the record establishes, what it interprets, and what it leaves unresolved.