id: 107230
accession number: 1925.1221
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The Abduction of a Sabine Woman, 1584. Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610), after Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608). Chiaroscuro woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1925.1221
title: The Abduction of a Sabine Woman
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creation date: 1584
creation date earliest: 1584
creation date latest: 1584
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creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: Italy, 16th century
technique: chiaroscuro woodcut
department: Prints
collection: PR - Chiaroscuro
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bartsch XII.93.2
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CREATORS
* Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610) - artist
Born in Mantua in ca. 1559, Andrea Andreani was the most accomplished practitioner of chiaroscuro technique in late sixteenth-century Italy. Little is known about his initial training. He began as a blockcutter. Around 1583, he started to copy early line woodcuts into new chiaroscuro versions. He also reproduced intarsia pavements, sculptures, and bronze reliefs with the same method. Andreani was active in Rome (ca. 1580), Florence (1583-86), and Siena (1586-1593), before returning permanently to his native city and setting up a workshop. He died in Manuta in 1629. Andreani's oeuvre includes large prints comprising several sheets, such as his copy of Triumph of Christ after Titian, and copies of drawings based on Mantegna's cartoons for the Triumph of Caesar. Between 1602 and 1610, Andreani reprinted and recut earlier chiaroscuro woodblocks by Ugo da Carpi, Antonio da Trento and Niccolò Vicentino, bringing them to new levels of technical and visual refinement.
* Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529–1608) - artist
Giambologna (1529-1608) was a Flemish sculptor based in Italy. His early training was in Antwerp under the architect-sculptor Jacques du Broeucq. In the 1550s, he studied sculptures of classical antiquity in Rome. He reached the height of his career while working as a court sculptor for the Medici Dukes in Florence, where he settled in 1553. celebrated for his Mannerist marble and bronze statuary, Giambologna was influenced by Michelangelo's works but developed his own style, characterized by a fine sense of movement and refined surface finish.
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inscription: 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"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
opening date: 1997-08-03T00:00:00
Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
title: Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
opening date: 2017-08-26T04:00:00
Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).
title: Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance
opening date: 2019-10-13T04:00:00
Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).
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