CRIVELLI TO VERONESE 



From the Metamorphoses of Ovid came the story 

 of Eu7'opa and the Bull, which Veronese has painted 

 in two versions, at Rome and Vienna ; a study for, or 

 copy of this, is in the National Gallery. In the Rome 

 picture, Jupiter under the form of a bull has enticed 

 Europa to mount his back, and is going to swim with 

 her off to Crete. The dog on the left looks on with 

 some excitement at his mistress' prank. A jealous 

 cow, with open mouth and a ludicrous expression in her 

 round staring eye, seems strongly to disapprove of the 

 proceedings. 



In Scorn, another picture of the series of which 

 Happy Union is one, an ermine, again as in the Lotto 

 an emblem of chastity, is painted. It is on the arm 

 of one of the girls, looking back, its head twisted in 

 an awkward position, as though it were glad to get 

 away from the distasteful presence of the man lying 

 under the foot of Cupid. 



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