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The Rape of a Sabine

(Italian, 1558/59–1629)
(Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
about 1584
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in tan and dark brown
DimensionsSheet: 45.3 x 20.5 cm (17 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)(trimmed to the edge of the image at the sides and bottom, and trimmed in a curve at the top)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.459
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975