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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7510
People
Andrea Andreani, Italian (1558/59 - 1629)
After Giambologna, Italian (Douai, Flanders 1529 - 1608 Florence, Italy)
Title
Rape of a Sabine
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1583
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/276306

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in green and dark gray
Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 44.8 × 20.4 cm (17 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Andreas Andrean
  • inscription: in block, l.r.: Hoc opus exculpsit/ Io: Bologna. Andreas/ Andrean [us]. Incisit atq[ue]./ dicavit. Ad Illustriss./ & Eccel. Ioanne[m] Medic[um]
  • inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: B. B812. VI [illegible text] c [in reverse]
  • collector's mark: verso, l.l., black stamp: EH [in monogram] [Edward Habich, Lugt 862]
  • inscription: verso, l.l., black stamp: JB. [encircled] [Thomas Banks, Lugt 2423]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Thomas Banks (1735-1805) (Lugt 2423), London. Edward Habich (1818-1901) (Lugt 862), Boston and Kassel. Purchased by Harvard University, 1896

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch XII.94.3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7510
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Naoko Takahatake, The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books Prestel (Los Angeles, 2018), cat. no. 95, p. 229, repr.

Exhibition History

  • HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/08/2008 - 04/06/2008
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2008 - 11/16/2008
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/16/2009 - 11/08/2009
  • The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 06/03/2018 - 09/16/2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 10/14/2018 - 01/20/2019

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