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The Rape of a Sabine
The Rape of a Sabine

The Rape of a Sabine

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)
Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
1584
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in black and three shades of olive brown
DimensionsSheet: 44.1 x 20.7 cm (17 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)(trimmed to the edge of, or slightly into, the image)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.455
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975