PrintsFrench17th-18th century

The Rape of the Sabines

17th-18th century

Artists

Jean AudranArtist

Nicolas PoussinArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and engraving

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 40.5 × 55 cm (15 15/16 × 21 5/8 in.) Sheet: 45.5 × 57 cm (17 15/16 × 22 7/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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