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The Abduction of the Sabines (L'Enlèvement des Sabines)

Maker

After
(artist)
1594-1665

(printmaker)
18th-19th centuries (Life dates)

Title

The Abduction of the Sabines (L'Enlèvement des Sabines)

Date of Production

18th or 19th century

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 13 cm
Width: 17 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6735

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten... [usually refers to Courtauld Book Library copy with Anthony Blunt's annotations when there is a letter after the number]
Fig. p. 316a
in annotated copy

Inscriptions

Inscription: L'ENLÈVEMENT DES SABINES. //

Inscription: Dequevauviller sculpsit. //

Inscription: N. Poussin pinxit. //

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