Study for a woodcut of Giovanni da Bologna's "Rape of the Sabines"

An image of Title/s: Copy after a chiaroscuro woodcut engraving of Giovanni da Bologna's "Rape of the Sabines"
Maker/s: Andreani, Andrea copy after (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, op.1584-1610]
Technique Description: pen, brown ink, black chalk, brown wash, heightened with white (partly reduced), with traces of red chalk, perhaps offset, on faded carta azzura, laid down on a washed mount, with traces of stylus
Dimensions: height: 421 mm, width: 165 mm

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Title/s: Copy after a chiaroscuro woodcut engraving of Giovanni da Bologna's "Rape of the Sabines" Maker/s: Andreani, Andrea copy after (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, op.1584-1610] Technique Description: pen, brown ink, black chalk, brown wash, heightened with white (partly reduced), with traces of red chalk, perhaps offset, on faded carta azzura, laid down on a washed mount, with traces of stylus Dimensions: height: 421 mm, width: 165 mm

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