id: 150355 accession number: 1981.15 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.15 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:47.056000 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 title: The Abduction of the Sabine Women title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1585 creation date earliest: 1585 creation date latest: 1585 current location: creditline: Bequest of Grover Higgins by exchange copyright: --- culture: Italy, 16th century technique: chiaroscuro woodcut (in three shades of brown and black) department: Prints collection: PR - Chiaroscuro type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Bartsch XII.94.4 --- 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. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: on 6 sheets watermarks: 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 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1981 opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). title: The Lessons of the Academy opening date: 1983-02-08T05:00:00 The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983). title: Printing in Color opening date: 1985-09-10T04:00:00 Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985). 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: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection opening date: 2003-08-17T00:00:00 Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.15/1981.15_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.15/1981.15_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.15/1981.15_full.tif