Art, literature & history'El Rapto' a woman swooping down on a man on horseback, illustration from a book by Celestino Herrera Frimont
1934
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 15/16 in. (24.5 × 20.2 cm) Image: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (14 × 9.5 cm)
- Collection no.
- 46.46.46
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
'El Rapto' a woman swooping down on a man on horseback, illustration from a book by Celestino Herrera Frimont — Leopoldo Méndez. 1934.
Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 15/16 in. (24.5 × 20.2 cm) Image: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (14 × 9.5 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.