Allegory of Europe, from "The Four Continents"

A crowned woman in flowing drapery holds a lantern aloft while seated on a curved ledge beside a horse's head and a cornucopia spilling fruit and flowers. The word EUROPA is inscribed beneath her in capitals, and the engraved lines are fine and even.

Look closer: The engraver's signature and date are small in the lower left and lower right corners.

Artist

Johann Justin Preissler

Date

1730–71

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3614 × 3160 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953