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Rape of the Sabines (L'enlèvement des Sabines)
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(artist)
1520-1575
(intermediary draughtsman)
1743-after 1810 (Life dates)
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born 1742 or 1743, died 1810 (Life dates)
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etching and engraving
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Width: 29.8 cm
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Inscription: G. SALVIATI / Duke of Orleans Coll. 1786 //
Inscription: Dessiné par Borel. / L'ENLEVEMENT DES SABINES. / De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans. / ÉCOLE ROMAINE. / I.ER TABLEAU DE JOSEPH PORTA, / SURNOMMÉ SALVIATI. (...) //
Inscription: Gravé par A. Romanet. //
Inscription: Now in Bowes Museum, / Barnard Castle. / Exhib: Maschettes 1965 No 207 //
Label: GIUSEPPE PORTA SALVIATI (c. 1525-c. 1575) / 207 RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN / Lent by The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle / Canvas, 64 3/8 x 83 1/8 in, Inscribed (lower left): JOSEPHE / SALVIATI. / Coll.: Rudolf II, Prague (Inventory, 1621, No 1234 as "vom Joseph Salviti. Orig."); Queen / Christina of Sweden (Inventory, 1652, No. 464); purchased by John Bowes, from / Woodburn, London, 1841 / Lit.: Campori, 1871, p. 10 (as lost); A. L. Mayer, Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, New / Series, XXIII, 1911-12, p. 99; Stryienski, 1931, p. 154. //
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