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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, medium brown, and dark brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 45.2 x 19.9 cm (17 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.)(trimmed into the image)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.461
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.094.3; Meyer I, 30
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); verso, lower center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Giuseppe (Joseph) Storck, Milan (1766-1836)(Lugt 2319), 1798; verso, upper left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceGiuseppe (Joseph) Storck, Milan (1766-1836)(Lugt 2319), 1798; Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975