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The Rape of a Sabine
Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)
After: Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
After: Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
1584
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from five blocks, in black, light yellow-brown, and three shades of blue-gray
Dimensions
Sheet: 45.3 x 20.4 cm (17 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1633a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.093.2; Meyer 29, i/ii
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897