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The Abduction of a Sabine Woman
Giambologna, Andrea Andreani1584
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
A pinnacle of sculpture in the generation after Michelangelo was Giambologna’s <em>Abduction of the Sabine Women</em>, depicted here in a contemporaneous print by Andrea Andreani. Giambologna created a twisting harmony of three forms that capture the narrative of a Roman male abducting a Sabine woman and vanquishing a Sabine male below. Giambologna’s sculpture was installed in Florence in the public piazza near Michelangelo’s <em>David</em>.
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- Title: The Abduction of a Sabine Woman
- Creator: Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610), Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529-1608)
- Date Created: 1584
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1221
- Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut
- Inscriptions: In black ink on the rock on the right: "P. marietta 1674" Inscribed lower right: "Rapta (m) Sabinam a / Io: Bolog. Marm: excul./ Andreas Andrean(us) Ma(n)t:/ incisit.atq (ue). Bernard/ Vechiett dicavit an/)no/ M.D.LXXXIII"
- Fun Fact: <em>The Abduction of a Sabine Woman </em>is the first attempt in the chiaroscuro technique by Andrea Andreani, as well as the first chiaroscuro ever to depict a work of sculpture.
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Italy, 16th century
- Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Collection: PR - Chiaroscuro
- Accession Number: 1925.1221
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