Cartouche-Shaped Snuffbox Depicting Europa and the Bull

ca. 1750

7 cm 2.1 cm

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Ovid, in "The Metamorphoses," narrates how the god Zeus assumed the form of a bull in order to seduce the beautiful maiden Europa, whom he carries on his back to Crete.

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Vienna, Austria, after 1872 [entry stamp for foreign gold]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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