A Perplexing Panel in the Jacquemart-André Collection in Paris

An enigmatic little panel in the Jacquemart-Andre collection in Paris has, in spite of its great charm, remained in relative obscurity. It is painted on linen attached to wood and is described in the museum's catalogue as a Rape of Europa and there attributed to the atelier of the fifteenth-century Sienese painter, Giovanni di Paolo (Fig. 1).1