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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)
about 1584
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in tan, gray, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 45.3 x 20.2 cm (17 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)(trimmed into the image)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.460
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.094.3; Meyer I, 30
Marks
Verso, upper 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