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The Rape of a Sabine
Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)
After: Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
After: Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
1584
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in black and three shades of olive brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 44.1 x 20.7 cm (17 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)(trimmed to the edge of, or slightly into, the image)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.455
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.093.1; Meyer I, 28
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975