[Europa Being Abducted by Panderers] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Europa Being Abducted by Panderers]
Subject: Jupiter; Gods; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Important Women; Europa
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Phoenicia; Crete
Description: This illustration depicts a young woman named Europa being abducted by a group of panderers. Europa is depicted with a sad expression on her face as she is being lifted onto the ship that will take her to Crete. Boccaccio explains that Jupiter fell in love with Europa and ordered the panderers to abduct her from Phoenicia and take her to Crete so he can have her for himself.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:11983
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris
Image: mta_11983_OBJ.png