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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 gray-violet
Dimensions
Sheet: 43.3 x 19.2 cm (17 1/16 x 7 9/16 in.)(trimmed slightly into the image)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.456
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.093.1; Meyer I, 28
Marks
Recto, bottom right, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Pierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1668; verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenancePierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1668; W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975