 |
| Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) Jupiter in the form of a Satyr seducing Antiope ca. 1526 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Michelangelo Anselmi Leda and the Swan ca. 1530-32 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| attributed to il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) Leda and the Swan before 1549 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Paris Bordone Jupiter and Io ca. 1550-60 oil on canvas Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden |
 |
| Giovanni Battista Bertani Birth of Bacchus from the Thigh of Jupiter ca. 1560 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Claude Lorrain Abduction of Europa ca. 1647 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Jean-Pierre Huaud Abduction of Europa ca. 1680-1700 enamel miniature Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Domenico Maria Canuti Jupiter and Callisto before 1684 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Jan van Somer Jupiter and Antiope before 1699 mezzotint Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
 |
| Luca Giordano Abduction of Europa ca. 1705 oil on canvas private collection |
 |
| Louis Boullogne the Younger Danaë ca. 1712 drawing (study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Jean-Baptiste Henri Deshays Danaë ca. 1763 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Gaspare Diziani Danaë before 1767 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| François Masson Abduction of Europa 1796 drawing, with watercolor (study for wall decoration) Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Francisco Vieira (Vieira Portuense) Leda and the Swan 1798 oil on canvas Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon |
 |
| Giovanni Battista Caretti Abduction of Europa ca. 1832-40 wall painting Villa Torlonia, Rome |
The Abductors
They come as secretly as dreams at night
To stand near doorways or upon the stairs
Almost like guests, congenial and polite,
Whose eyes alone insist that you are theirs.
All you have valued must be left behind:
The picture of the summer path; the bed
Where love was; mystical books that brought to mind
Great images of cities for the dead.
Perhaps you are aware. Perhaps you dial
Emergency for help. Perhaps you throw
A window open, shouting desperately while
They seize you, hush you, leave with you – although
A brave policeman rushing in will tell
Reporters you are there, alive and well.
– Thomas Carper (1987)