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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 five blocks, in black, tan and three shades of blue-gray
Dimensions
Sheet: 43.3 x 20.2 cm (17 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.)(trimmed into the image; lacking c. 20 mm at the top and c. 8 mm at the bottom)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.457
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.093.2; Meyer I, 29, i/ii
Marks
Verso, bottom center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of Dr. Julius Hofmann, Carlsbad, Vienna (1840-1913)(Lugt 1264); verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceDr. Julius Hofmann, Carlsbad, Vienna (1840-1913)(Lugt 1264); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975