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The Abduction of a Sabine Woman
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About this work
A pinnacle of sculpture in the generation after Michelangelo was Giambologna’s 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’s sculpture was installed in Florence in the public piazza near Michelangelo’s David .
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe 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
