Rape of Europa
sculptor
Paul Manship
(Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1885 - 1966, New York)
Date1917
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumBronze
Dimensions14 cm (5 1/2 in.) diameter
ClassificationsPlaques
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS26e14
eMuseum ID721812
EmbARK ObjectID12370
TMS Source ID1499
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection inspired contemporary artists. In 1917, her friend, the sculptor Paul Manship sent Gardner a bronze relief of Europa inspired by her Titian painting, The Rape of Europa. Introducing his relief to Gardner, Manship wrote, "Mr. Titian has proved that Europa & the Bull is a great subject—This relief is to try out the subject for composition—How do you think it will work out in the round, I want to try it.” Gardner installed it on the table beneath the painting in the Titian Room.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 221.
Clara Strauss. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 38 (23 May 1965), p. 2.
Walter Hancock. “Paul Manship.” Fenway Court (Oct. 1966), p. 5, ill. 4.
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"Forward." Fenway Court (1980), ill. 1.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Passionate Acts in Greek Art and Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), pp. 42-43, ill.
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 18-19, 21, fig. 10.
Elizabeth Reluga, "Paul Manship's Christmas Gift," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 24 December 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/paul-manships-christmas-gift
Clara Strauss. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 38 (23 May 1965), p. 2.
Walter Hancock. “Paul Manship.” Fenway Court (Oct. 1966), p. 5, ill. 4.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: 1977), p. 164, no. 209.
"Forward." Fenway Court (1980), ill. 1.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Passionate Acts in Greek Art and Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), pp. 42-43, ill.
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 18-19, 21, fig. 10.
Elizabeth Reluga, "Paul Manship's Christmas Gift," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 24 December 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/paul-manships-christmas-gift
MarksNotesInscribed (above lower rim): P. MANSHIP ©1917
ProvenanceNotesGift from Paul Manship to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 25 December 1917.
