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The Rape of the Sabines
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)
1585
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut (the second and third sheets of three) printed from four blocks, in black and three shades of reddish-brown
Dimensions
Overall: 75.1 x 66.9 cm (29 9/16 x 26 5/16 in.)(the second and third sheets of three, joined together)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.463
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.094.4, i/ii; Meyer 31, i/ii
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, bottom center, in brown ink, the duplicate stamp of the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (Lugt 3593)
ProvenanceAlbertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975