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Rape of the Sabine Women: P.1625-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Rape of the Sabine Women
Friezes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Alberti, Cherubino (After)
Designer: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Polidoro Caldara) (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1575 - 1650

Note

Reverse copy.

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 154 mm Width 221 mm
Sheet Height 156 mm Width 222 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 'C' superimposed over an 'A'
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: POLYDORVS DE CARAVAGIO INVENT.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Romulidae Spreti ludi connubia quaerunt / Dum cadit in quasuis rapta Sabina manus
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Cum privilegio. Sumi Pontificis
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1625-1991
Primary reference Number: 83016
Bartsch: 112
Illustrated Bartsch: 112
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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