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 viewClassificationsSculpture
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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.
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne
1862