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"inscription": "In black ink on the rock on the right: \"P. marietta 1674\"\nInscribed 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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"title": "Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance",
"description": "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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"did_you_know": "The Abduction of a Sabine Woman is the first attempt in the chiaroscuro technique by Andrea Andreani, as well as the first chiaroscuro ever to depict a work of sculpture.",
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"description": "A pinnacle of sculpture in the generation after Michelangelo was Giambologna\u2019s Abduction of the Sabine Women, 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\u2019s sculpture was installed in Florence in the public piazza near Michelangelo\u2019s David.",
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"citation": "Goldfarb, Hilliard T. \u201cChiaroscuro Woodcut Technique and Andrea Andreani.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 9 (November 1981): 307\u2013330.",
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