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The legend of the Sabine women relates to Rome’s early history when, to ensure the future population of the city, its founder Romulus hosted a festival for neighboring peoples, including the Sabines. At an appointed moment during the festivities, each young man of Rome kidnapped an unmarried Sabine woman to be his bride. Later, when the Sabines attacked Rome, it was the abducted Sabine women who courageously stopped the brutal battle and demanded peace between their fathers, brothers, and husbands. Andreani’s chiaroscuro woodcut, with its brown-red tone, subtle shadows, and warm highlights, was a fitting choice for reproducing Giambologna’s original bronze relief, created for the pedestal of his sculpture <em>The Abduction of a Sabine Woman.</em>
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150355
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The Abduction of the Sabine Women
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150355
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print
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The Abduction of the Sabine Women
description
The legend of the Sabine women relates to Rome’s early history when, to ensure the future population of the city, its founder Romulus hosted a festival for neighboring peoples, including the Sabines. At an appointed moment during the festivities, each young man of Rome kidnapped an unmarried Sabine woman to be his bride. Later, when the Sabines attacked Rome, it was the abducted Sabine women who courageously stopped the brutal battle and demanded peace between their fathers, brothers, and husbands. Andreani’s chiaroscuro woodcut, with its brown-red tone, subtle shadows, and warm highlights, was a fitting choice for reproducing Giambologna’s original bronze relief, created for the pedestal of his sculpture <em>The Abduction of a Sabine Woman.</em>
date
1585
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79932655
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Italy, 16th century
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1981.15
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chiaroscuro woodcut (in three shades of brown and black)
tombstone
The Abduction of the Sabine Women, 1585. Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610), after Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608). Chiaroscuro woodcut (in three shades of brown and black). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Grover Higgins by exchange, 1981.15
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on 6 sheets
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PR - Chiaroscuro
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state iv of v
inscriptions
inscription
Central sheet in darker tone block: Andreas Andrean' Mantuan' / eam incisit impressit °/ Anno Domini ° / M°D°LXXXV° / Florentiae; hec est hystoria rapta(um) Sabinar(um) in are sculptar(um) per Doum / Io: Bolognam Sereniss. Magni Etre Ducis sculptore celeberr
citations
citation
Goldfarb, Hilliard T. “Chiaroscuro Woodcut Technique and Andrea Andreani.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 9 (November 1981): 307–330.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 321-322, 325; Reproduced: p. 322, fig. 26, Cover
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 46; Mentioned: p. 80, no. 59
citation
Young, Rachel A., "Andrea Andreani's <em>Abduction of the Sabine Women</em> after Giambologna," <em>Print Quarterly</em> XLI/4 (December 2024): pp 379-393.
page_number
pp. 384, 384n13, 393 (state iv); illus. p. 389 (fig. 310)
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Bartsch XII.94.4
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Bequest of Grover Higgins by exchange
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2026-05-29 07:45:37.315000
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150355
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chiaroscuro woodcut (in three shades of brown and black)
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