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Rape of Deianira
Rape of Deianira

Rape of Deianira

Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
16th century
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
Dimensions39.37 x 16.83 x 33.34 cm (15 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number52.280
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1912, Willibald (Willy) von Dirksen (b. 1852 - d. 1928), Berlin [see note 1]; April 28-29, 1931, Dirksen sale, Lepke, Berlin, lot 454, sold for M 3000. By 1946, Eugene L. Garbáty (b. 1880 - d. 1966), New York and East Norwalk, CT [see note 2]; 1952, sold by Garbáty to the MFA for $4000. (Accession Date: March 13, 1952)

NOTES:
[1] See Wilhelm von Bode, Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, ed. and revised by James David Draper (New York, 1980), 104, CLXXXVIII, 1.

[2] Eugene Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, and brought much of his art collection with him. It is probable, though not securely documented, that he had acquired this already by 1938.

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about 1600–10
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late 16th century
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about 1837–42
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