SITNIKOV, VASILY (1915-1987) The Rape of Europe, signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 3.IV.1985. Sreda 15 ch.25min on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 91.5 by 122 cm . Provenance:Private collection, UK. Literature:Zhitie Vasil' Yaklicha Sitnikova napisannoe i narisovannoe im samim, Lordville- Bozhedomka, 2009, p. 374, illustrated. The present lot is one of the four versions on the subject of the rape of Europe, executed in the “style of Bottero” and possibly painted with one of Sitnikov's students Antonina (Tonika) Kozlova.