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Jean Cousin the Elder gives Europa an envoy of putti or Cupids riding on dolphins. These were common in antiquity, but not much used later on, and I don’t know any other Europa accompanied by them.
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1550s/Eros riding on a dolphin/Jean Cousin the Elder/The Rape of Europa