Jupiter, in the shape of a bull, carrying off Europa. Francesco Albani
oil on canvas
162 x 203,5 cm
Object history
Monsignor Giorgio Bolognetti, Rome (d. 1686) Inherited by Count Ferdinando Bolognetti, Rome Prince Eugenio Beauharnais Duke of Leuchtenberg (1781-1824), Munich Inherited by his son Duke Maximilian von Leuchtenberg (d. 1852) Inherited by his wife, Grand Duchess Marie Nikolaeva, St. Petersburg Sold AB Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, 1917 Sold S.A. Pintura Antigua, Florida 101, Buenos Aires in the late 1920's Bought1929 by the present owners grandfather at Svensk-Franska konstgalleriet, Stockholm BIBLIOGRAPHY G. Ghezzi: Quadri delle case de' principi in Roma, ms., 1686-1726, Rome, Museo di Roma, c. 131 J. N. Muxel: Verzeichniss der Bildergalerie seiner Königliglichen Hoheit des Prinzen Eugen, Herzogs von Leuchtenberg in München, Munich, 1826, p. 21 m. 7 J. N. Muxel, Catalogue des tableaux de la Galerie de feu Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Prince Eugene duc de Leuchtenberg à Munich, Munich, 1845, p. 4 m. 204 J. D. Passavant: The Leuchtenberg Gallery. A collection of pictures forming the celebrated gallery of His Imperial Highness the Duke of Leuchtenberg, at Munich, Frankfurt am Main, 1853, n. 71 Ermitage Impérial. Catalogue de la Galerie des tableaux, I, Les écoles d'Italie et d'Espagne, St. Petersburg, 1891, p. 4 A.B. Nordiska Kompaniet: Leuchtenbergska Tavelsamlingen, Stockholm MCMXVII (1917), nr 27, illustrated no 27 F. Müller: Die Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker, I, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 12 Leuchtenbergska Tavelsamlingen, Stockholm, 1917, p. 40 . 27 E. van Schaak: Francesco Albani, Ph.D. Diss., Columbia University, New York, 1969, Appendix D, n. 149 D. C. Miller, A note on the collection of the Duke of Leuchtenberg, in "Paragone. Arte", XLI, 1990, n. 489, p. 82 note 15 A. Palmer: The Gesù e Maria on the Via del Corso, Ph.D. Diss., Rutgers University, 1993, p. 218 C. R. Puglisi, Francesco Albani, New Haven-London, 1999, p. 172 n. 83:LV.d C. Mazzareoo(k Un collezionista nella Roma di Paolo V: Giovan Battista Bolognetti, segretario apostolico, in Arte e immagine del papato Borghese (1605-1621), edited by B. Toscano, San Casciano, 2005 ENGRAVINGS Jacob Frey, 1732
F. del Pedro (in Passavant 1853)
Notes Auctioned (but not sold) in Sweden in 2012 with an estimated value of about €300,000
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See also : Europa
See also : Greek Mythology. Paintings, Drawings
