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Figure of Europe

Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595

Panel in gadrooned frame. Female figure, crowned, holding sceptre and orb, seated under laurel wreath in chariot, drawn by a pair of horses; in background, grazing cattle and a burning castle. At top right, labeled "Europa".

Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Type: woodwork
Medium: fruitwood
Department: CHNDM
Institution: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Object number: chndm_1960-1-15-b
Credit: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde

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