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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 and four shades of orange-brown and brown
DimensionsSheet: 46 x 21.7 cm (18 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Image: 45.3 x 20.5 cm (17 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.458
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); his sale, Paris, Danlos, Delisle, and Pawlowski, April 16-May 12, 1877, lot 2126, on May 3, with lots 2125, 2127, and 2128; W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975