Who painted “The Rape of Europa”?

“The Rape of Europa” was painted by Titian in 1559–1562. Where to see it: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

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Titian: rich, glowing colour — deep reds, warm flesh, Venetian blue skies — built in layers, with loose, open brushwork in his later pictures.

Tiziano Vecellio, Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( TISH-ən), was an Italian Renaissance painter. The most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting, he was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. Wikipedia

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“Assumption of the Virgin”, 1517
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