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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 five blocks, in black, tan and three shades of blue-gray
DimensionsSheet: 43.3 x 20.2 cm (17 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.)(trimmed into the image; lacking c. 20 mm at the top and c. 8 mm at the bottom)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.457
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceDr. Julius Hofmann, Carlsbad, Vienna (1840-1913)(Lugt 1264); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975
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