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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1874,0808.559.1
Description: Rape of the Sabines, Romulus at the left with his outstretched left arm orders the Romans to search for the women. Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Cherubino Alberti; After: Polidoro da Caravaggio
School/style: Italian
Production date: 1570-1615
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 170 millimetres; Width: 491 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See comment for 1873, 1213.283.1.
Bibliographic references: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XVII.109.159)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology
Associated names: Representation of: Romulus; Representation of: Sabine Women
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Charles Francis Arnold Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Hugh Howard
Acquisition date: 1874
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1874,0808.559.1

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