15929704480001312637261000Standard Recordobject-82759170249434764614754902790001702494121150fitz-onlineadlib-object-82759https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/827590c8660fd-3cf0-30ad-b913-6d15e48137674personreferenceagent-150808adlib-agent-150808b743ca12-1428-34cc-974d-0fb83d67d739Europapersonreferenceagent-148952adlib-agent-14895247961f94-6de5-32eb-bfb3-958f8ee27fb5Zeusreferenceterm-37642adlib-term-376428f36efe3-4fe1-3da2-9944-000db5687ad7porcelainreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainpale turquoise, pale green, olive-green, yellow, flesh, pink, dark pink, orange-red, red, purple, pale pinkish-brown, and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin pale turquoise, pale green, olive-green, yellow, flesh, pink, dark pink, orange-red, red, purple, pale pinkish-brown, and black enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingDetailsgarlandreferenceterm-115812adlib-term-1158125ff69ea6-7a8e-307d-89e3-0a960ba42e8aapplyingExteriorreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingreferenceterm-107486adlib-term-107486234fe16e-17e4-3db8-881a-443636aac5caclassical mythologyApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain figure of Europa seated on a white Bull, supproted on a rock on a scrolled base, painted in enamels ,and gildedSoft-paste porcelain figure of Europa, slip-cast, with applied details, lead-glazed, and painted in pale turquoise, pale green, olive-green, yellow, flesh, pink, dark pink, orange-red, red, purple, pale pinkish-brown, and black enamels, and gilded. The unglazed underside has a large circular ventilation hole, and three lpatch marks, one very large. The asymmetrically shaped base has a scrolled and waved edge, and rises up in the middle into a substantial rock on which the figures are supported. The white Bull is in profile to the right, with its right leg bent, its tail curved up over its back, and its head turned to its right to look back towards Europa. Its hooves, and the tips of its horns are gilded, and it has a garland of pink, and pale orange-red flowers and foliage round the top of its head and neck. It has a red mouth, pale flesh-brown muzzle, pinkish-brown brows, and black pupils. Europa is seated sideways on the Bull’s back, looking towards it, and placing her left hand on its head, and her right hand below its neck. Her right leg is bent and behind her left, which is extended downwards. She has pale pinkish-brown hair drawn back into a twisted chignon and ornamented with a pink and gold frontlet. Her lips are red, her cheeks, pale flesh, her eyebrows, pale pinkish-brown, and the pupils of her eyes, black.She wears a pale yellow, floral-patterned tunic lined with pink, and edged with gold, and having round the high waist, a pink and gold belt. The tunic reveals her left shoulder and breast. From her left shoulder a pale turquoise drape billows out behind her, and then crosses in front of her over her knees. On her feet and shins, she has red sandal straps.C.1-19351accession numberC.1-193582759priref82759urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82759https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82759referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs F. Leverton Harrisreferenceagent-151791adlib-agent-1517913f3a85c3-d843-3c5d-87e6-44208583b872Harris, Frederick Leverton, Mrs193519351935givenThe donor was the widow of the Right Hon. Frederick Leverton Harris (d. 1926)176017601760circa176017651176517651765factoryreferenceagent-35888adlib-agent-358880244b335-51c5-3535-a626-9ed7f3d33894Derby Porcelain Factoryproprietorreferenceagent-157812adlib-agent-157812d6c503ac-f737-3861-9907-14fd8b4759bfWilliam Duesbury & Co.Europa, the daughter of Agenor, King of Tyre, was abducted by Zeus in the form of a friendly white bull. The story was told by Ovid in Metamorphoses, Book 2, 836-75. The subject in art was explored in an exhibition at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin in1989. See DocumentationThis model is E52 in Bradshaw's list of patch-marked models, 1759-69.,referenceterm-106400adlib-term-1064003e80c102-1483-3c39-b2f4-67e333d653d818th Centuryreferenceterm-107437adlib-term-10743796f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479George IIIreferenceterm-110521adlib-term-110521b57fb046-bca3-3371-a721-2093adc3a282literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralDerbyshireDerbyshireregionDerbypresumed leadreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainHeightcm28.5Widthcm17.5referenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurehistory noteUnknown before donorreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-1239adlib-publication-12396cc0028a-d527-3a64-93e5-f6e4245e69b7Die Verführung der Europareferencepublication-2714adlib-publication-271417f1e6d7-5774-3881-a2ae-c2350391ddbbEnglish Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Centuryreferencepublication-2665adlib-publication-2665b65e1b40-2322-326a-bb1b-3b3607de9cf9Derby PorcelainCf. The example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see p. 125, pl. 78. Where the size is given as 289 mm (11 3/8 in high). Dated c. 1760-5.125referencepublication-3667adlib-publication-366713bec947-8c84-361b-8481-7f6f99b8dfcdDerby Porcelain, The Golden Years 1750-1770Ref. For this model, see p. 110, E52. Cf. An example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 111, pl. 93, h. 27.9 cm. 11 in.110-11referencepublication-2845adlib-publication-2845aed83438-5cba-3d3d-914c-0603afed5d46Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848referenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rocococonceptreferenceterm-113177adlib-term-11317724fc842f-34ea-380b-804b-e31f38258447abductionanimalreferenceterm-105242adlib-term-105242e261ff51-0cb4-3a3e-b179-ac1531405c2ebull (animal)plantreferenceterm-107622adlib-term-107622523e46be-6c51-3455-8391-3ea334aab2f0flowersactivityreferenceterm-107877adlib-term-107877d3fd41d2-8962-3d09-a893-f20ebb772237sittingnamed eventreferenceterm-114580adlib-term-1145801f8c13e0-ddfe-3465-b782-363f7e6a8983Rape of Europaliteralabductionabductionliteralbull (animal)bull (animal)literalflowersflowersliteralsittingsittingliteralRape of EuropaRape of Europareferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigureSoft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, with applied details, lead-glazed, and painted in pale turquoise, pale green, olive-green, yellow, flesh, pink, dark pink, orange-red, red, purple, pale pinkish-brown, and black enamels, and gilded. The unglazed underside has a large circular ventilation hole, and three lpatch marks, one very large.referenceterm-120096adlib-term-1200967cc05306-f07e-3189-849f-52addb9e2ca7slip-castingEuropa and the Bullobject
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